What is recorded here

Danish Fort label on a 1750 map, but the earthwork is an ordinary Irish ringfort: an oval bank and ditch on the NE shore of Lough Errew, facing a crannog across the water. The entrance has vanished under grass, and the measurements leave little room for mystery, yet the name still points to a time when people imagined Danish hands in local soil.

Located on a slight rise on the NE shore of Lough Errew, opposite the crannog (LE036-004----), which is c. 120m to the WSW. It is described as a ‘Danish Fort’ on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 22). This is an overgrown oval area (dims 40.5m N-S; 32m E-W; int. dims 37m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.6m) NW-NE and by a scarp (H 0.8-1.5m) elsewhere, with an external fosse (Wth of top 3.3m at E to 10m at N; Wth of base 2.4-3.2m; ext. D 0.2m generally to 0.7m at N) SW-N-SE. The original entrance was not identifiable. Archaeological monitoring (03E1761) in an extensive area to the NW produced no related material in the immediate vicinity (Read 2004, 2006). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 7 January 2020

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