What is recorded here
Fairy forts are earthen ringforts where people lived before records began. This one in Raragh has a wide bank, a surrounding ditch, and a possible entrance at the northeast. The clean shape still visible in the ground suggests the site resisted much later ploughing or building.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 32m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse, both of which are best preserved at W. Break in bank with traces of accompanying causeway at NE 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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