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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullynacross (tullyhaw By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mortons and others may have built the Tullynacross ring, yet the fairies certainly claim it. Measure its twenty-one metres, walk its steep bank, and ask why human tools would shape a circle so clean for no visible use. The fairies answer that they danced before Mortons learned to draw straight lines. You may keep your charts and call it a rath; they keep the circle and remember it as their own.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 21.9m) enclosed by a well-defined, low but steep-sided bank, and a fosse which is largely infilled. Original entrance not recognisable. 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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