What is recorded here

Urney holds a massive double-ringed fort where water still fills the outer ditches. The southern causeway cuts through both banks, marking the entrance used by whatever lived inside. Maybe the chamber belonged to people, maybe to the fairies who took the form of women and children. The size and depth suggest human hands, but the water and silence suggest something else entirely.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 43m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks, each accompanied by wide, deep, partly waterlogged outer fosses. Corresponding breaks in banks at S 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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