What is recorded here

Mortons and others built the fort, not fairies. They wanted a defensible home, a boundary marker, a place to keep livestock or display status. The name came later, when people stopped knowing the builders and looked for a simpler explanation.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intermediate fosse. Outer bank is best preserved from SE-S, incorporated into the field boundary from W-NW-N and removed elsewhere. Fosse generally wide and shallow except from S-SW-W. Break in inner bank at SE represents 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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