What is recorded here

Fairy fort is a small earthen ringfort on the western edge of the Tullyskeherny plateau, overlooking the Bonet River valley. Its grass-covered oval measures about thirteen metres across, bounded by a low bank and a shallow external ditch except where a steep natural slope replaces both. A booley hut sits fifty metres to the northeast, suggesting the fort still belonged to seasonal life rather than legend alone.

Located at the W edge of the Tullyskeherny plateau, overlooking the NE-SW Bonet River valley. Grass-covered oval area (int. dims 13.4m NE-SW; 8m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m), with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 0.9m; D 0.3m) NW-E-SW. The bank is reduced to a scarp and the fosse is absent SW-NW where there is a steep natural slope. The booley hut (LE011-066002-) is c. 50m to the NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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