What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Legaweel, County Cavan. A circular grassy rise about forty-eight metres across, enclosed by a thick earthen bank and a shallow ditch. The south-east bank has a gap, perhaps the entrance. Fields and roads have worn away parts of the rim, but the shape still reads clearly at dusk. People may have lived there, or kept animals, or simply marked the land before written records. The fairies, according to local story, never left.

An almost circular raised area (int. diam. c. 48m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse. From WSW-NNW the perimeter has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Break in bank at SSE may represent original entrance. 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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