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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathbaun,sracummer (drumahaire By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic is not required to explain the fort, but the name still belongs to the people who first walked past it and refused to call it ordinary. The fort is a ring of earth and exclusion: a circular space set apart from the field, with a boundary, a gap for entry and a margin for keeping out what should not enter. That is what magic does anywhere. It draws a line around the world and dares you to cross it.
Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 32m NNE-SSW: 32m NNW-SSE) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.5-1m) and external fosse (Wth of base 2.5-3.5m; ext. D c. 0.2-0.4m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at WSW and the monument is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and drain. 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

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