What is recorded here

Magic is not required to explain the fort, but the name is a clue: people saw more life there than ordinary stone would admit. The fort is real, measured and dated in the human record; the fairy part is the residue of wonder, the part the numbers cannot touch. Both are true. One is fact, the other is memory. Together they complete the place.

Raised circular area (int. dims. 52.4m NNW-SSE; c. 49m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary, and a wide, deep fosse. Break in bank at S may represent original entrance. However there is no trace of an accompanying causeway. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Largan is a likely early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, indicated by its raised circular area and substantial bank and fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often considered sacred or supernatural places in Irish tradition.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.