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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Relagh More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Relagh More is a circular earthen fort with two banks and outer ditches, large enough for thirty-six metres across the middle. It is no longer a separate shape in the field because the outer bank and ditch became the boundary people still walk beside. The entrance has vanished under soil and use, but the circle remains, holding the shape of a place that stopped being a home and became a line on the land.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 36m) enclosed by two earthen banks with outer fosses. Both the external bank and the outer fosse, which is waterlogged and infilled from ESE-S-SW, have been largely incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. 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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