What is recorded here

Fort Field in Cavan still carries the name of a lost fort, even though only a smooth twenty-three metre mound remains where the wall stood. The land remembers what the soil forgot: a ring of people, firelight and argument, now reduced to a gentle rise under grass. The fairness in the local name suggests the shape left behind was never human at all, but a boundary marker for something older watching the field breathe.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. The site is now occupied by a small circular, apparently natural earthen mound (diam. c. 23m). However, the field in which the site is situated, is locally known as 'The Fort Field' which may imply the former presence of an antiquity here. 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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