What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ralaghan, County Cavan: a raised circular area, internal diameter about 35 metres, enclosed by a substantial inner earthen bank, a wide deep fosse and traces of an outer bank; the fosse and outer bank are now visible only from north-north-east to south-east, and the narrow eastern entrance may be original. It stands as a rath, an earthen ringfort, the kind of place where people once drew a line around their lives and called the inside theirs.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a substantial inner earthen bank, a wide, deep fosse and traces of an outer bank. Both fosse and outer bank are now only identifiable from NNE-SE. Narrow entrance at E may be original. 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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