What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Shancor is a circular earthen ring about thirty-three metres across, enclosed by two banks and ditches, with its entrance still marked by a causeway through the inner fosse. It is the kind of place where people once drew a line around their own lives and called the outside world forbidden. The field boundary now crossing the outer bank does not diminish it; it shows how easily human pride forgets the shapes it has broken open.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with outer fosses. External fosse best preserved at SE and largely infilled elsewhere. From SE-W-NE a modern field boundary surmounts the outer bank. Corresponding breaks in banks with accompanying causeway across inner fosse represents 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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