What is recorded here

Naheelis holds a large oval ringfort where a substantial earthen bank and fosse still mark the boundary of ordinary farmland. The north-west break and causeway suggest the entrance used by whoever lived inside, while the remaining earth warns that much of the structure has already been taken for fields. Fairy fort is the local name, but the shape and scale point to a human dwelling that outlived its builders and became landscape.

Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 68m N-S; 54m E-W) enclosed by fragmentary remains of a once substantial earthen bank and traces of a fosse, both of which have been incorporated into the field boundary. Break in bank at NW with accompanying causeway 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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