What is recorded here

Fairy fort occupies a narrow rock shelf in low-lying County Leitrim, caught between a higher ridge to the north and a darker basin to the south. Its grass-smothered stone ring still shows occasional facing stones, while a wide east-south-east gap invites entry like a door left open. People may have stood there at dawn, watching mist move through the basin below, or they may have avoided it altogether, believing the fairies kept their own fort.

Situated on a shelf of rock outcrop in a low-lying landscape with a higher shelf c. 20m to the N and a lower basin c. 20m to the S. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22m NE-SW; 19.4m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2-4.4m; H 0.3m) with the intermittently visible facing-stones of a wall (Wth 1-1.2m). The entrance (Wth 3.8m) is at ESE. Archaeological testing (06E1191) by Martin A. Timoney c. 70m to the E at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie: 2006:1216). 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: 23 September 2008 Amended: 13 September 2021

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