What is recorded here

A circular embankment twenty-five metres across once stood on the hill above Aghamore House, watching the Shannon from a distance of three hundred and fifty metres. Surveyors marked it as a fort in 1835, yet no stone or earth remains visible in the pasture today. The shape may have been a ring of trees rather than a human dwelling, suggesting the boundary between the seen and hidden worlds is thinner there than elsewhere.

Situated in pasture on top of a hill overlooking the River Shannon, which is c. 350m to the W, and c. 75m to the NW of Aghamore House. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) is depicted on the 1835 edition where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and it is depicted as a hachured feature on the 1907 edition. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture and it might have been a tree-ring. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 December 2011 Amended: 7 January 2020

A fairy fort in Aghamore is a circular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, characterized by an embanked enclosure. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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