What is recorded here

Fairy forts are no longer visible in much of Ireland because ploughing and housing removed them. They were not fantasy. They were human settlements, boundary markers and memory structures. In Cornalara the fort has disappeared or been reduced to a mound. That is not a failure of imagination. It is a record of what happened when people stopped protecting the shape of the place.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. No remains visible at the location indicated. However, a partly grassed-over conical mound of stones (H 1m) with some large stones visible at its base, lies a short distance to NW. This is believed to be the remains of a 'Fort' (local information). 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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