What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Legland, County Cavan: an oval earthwork 47m by 36.5m inside a substantial bank and shallow waterlogged fosse, its north break perhaps the true entrance. Fields have bitten into the west and north-west, yet the ring still holds its shape like a forgotten drum. People may have lived there, loved there, and vanished so completely that only soil remembers the weight of their feet.

Raised oval area (int. dims. 47m N-S; 36.5m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, badly denuded from S-W-NW, and a wide, shallow, partly waterlogged, infilled fosse. A modern field boundary encroaches on the bank at NW. Original entrance may be represented by break in the bank at N. 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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