What is recorded here

Knocknagartan holds a broad circular scar where a fort once stood, its earthen bank worn so low the entrance has vanished. The shape still measures thirty metres across, large enough for lives, herds and arguments, yet time has sanded the edges into the Cavan field. Fairy fort is the name locals gave the place, not a confession that fairies built it. It is the kind of site that stops a person mid-step because the ground remembers a boundary the sky has forgotten.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. and 'Site of' on 1876 ed. Raised circular area (int. dims. 31.8m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) enclosed by a very low, much-denuded earthen bank. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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