What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Ireland are earthen ringforts, not literal fairy palaces, and Skreeny Little is one: a grass-covered circle on a drumlin above the five valleys that meet near Manorhamilton. People may have lived, herded, hidden or worshipped there before the name changed its shape. The banks still hold the edge of that life even when the entrance has slipped from human memory.

Situated on top of a prominent drumlin that is almost centrally placed amongst the five valleys that meet at Manorhamilton c. 1.4 km to the SW. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 27m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) at ESE which is reduced to a scarp (H. 0.25m) elsewhere. These features are separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.35m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.95m) with an external fosse (Wth of base 1.25m; D 0.3m). The original entrance is not identified. There are the remains of a masonry structure outside the perimeter at SW the defining features are covered in scrub in this area. 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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