What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not fairy forts. They are human homes, farms and refuges from hundreds or thousands of years ago. The fairies entered later, filling the vacancy with wonder. Slievenaglogh is no different. Its ring bank, entrance gap and lean-to structure point to a real domestic life. A family may have stood at that opening, watched the valley and called the place home.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by a degraded earth and stone bank (Wth 2.6m, H 0.2-0.6m) with traces of internal and external stone facing. Ancient entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at SSE, with large stone forming the W side. Abutting bank at NNE of interior is a rectangular lean-to structure (max. dims. 5.2m E-W, 3.2m N-S) formed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m, H 0.4m).

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