What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Tawnycorragh, County Leitrim, stands as a grass-covered oval platform beside a small stream, overlooking Lough Allen. Measuring fifteen metres north to south and eleven point five metres east to west, the earthen mound rises as high as one point eight metres at its southern edge. Slight traces of an external ditch remain visible around the base. The site preserves the shape of an old ringfort, though its exact purpose and occupants have faded from memory.

Located beside a small N-S section of a stream on an E-facing slope overlooking Lough Allen. This is a grass- and scrub-covered oval flat-topped earthen platform (dims 15m N-S; 11.5m E-W; H 0.2m to 1.8m at S, downslope) with slight traces of an external fosse. 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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