What is recorded here

Half a kilometre west of the main road, a grassy ring stands on a slight rise in the Glenfarne valley. Its earthen bank is broad enough to walk and tall enough to mark a boundary, while a faint outer ridge survives to the south-west. The eastern gap faces the open valley, inviting entry rather than blocking it. People may have lived there, tended animals or simply drawn a line around their own world before the land forgot the names.

Situated on a slight rise on the floor of the Glenfarne valley. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 43m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) with a slight external fosse (Wth 1m), and traces of an outer bank (Wth 3m; H 0.4m) S-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at E. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moneenshinnagh, likely dating to the early medieval period, is a circular earthwork situated on a slight rise in the Glenfarne valley. Local folklore, common to many such sites in Ireland, associates it with the faé or other supernatural beings.

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