What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Poles, County Cavan: a raised circular area, about 35 metres across, enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a partly waterlogged fosse. The entrance remains at the east-north-east, marked by a break in the bank and the ghost of a causeway. People may have lived there, loved there, argued over doors and darkness; the earth keeps the shape while memory thins.

Raised circular area (int. dims. 35.5m WNW-ESE; 34m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a partly waterlogged fosse, well- defined from NNE-E-SW and very faint elsewhere. A modern field boundary also encroaches on the fosse from SSE-S-SW. Break in bank at ENE with remains of accompanying causeway 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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