What is recorded here

Half a metre of earth on a drumlin slope in County Leitrim, wide enough to walk inside and shallow enough to step across, is all that remains of the fairy fort at Tullylannan. A field bank has cut through one side, hiding the entrance and turning the ring into an incomplete circle. People may have lived there, feared it, or simply stopped believing it was human. The grass still holds the shape, waiting for someone to remember what the gap swallowed.

Located on the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. c. 30m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.55m) and a slight external fosse (Wth 2.55m; D 0.15m). The bank and fosse are truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW, but the original entrance is not identified. 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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