What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Carrickfad, County Leitrim: a vanished 30-metre ring hidden under grass and scrub. It resisted sight even though surveyors marked it in 1835 and 1910. The land keeps its own shapes, waiting for patience rather than force.

Located in an area of hilly scrub and coniferous forest. Indicated as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a subrectangular hachured feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) on the 1910 ed . It is not visible at ground level in a grass and scrub-covered area 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/revision: 13 December 2011

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