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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Corratawy

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Mortons and Eamon, the fairies were everywhere. They had forts, they had armies, they had battles. Eamon knew this because he had seen their forts. He had seen their armies march. He had even watched one battle from a hilltop, sitting motionless while silver and shadow clashed below. What he had not understood until much later was that the fairies did not hide from people. They waited for people to stop seeing them.
Located towards the centre of a SE-facing slope. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 26.5m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered and overgrown stone spread (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3m at NE to 1.2m at SW; ext. H 0.8-1m). There are slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 2m) and outer bank (Wth 2m) at E, but there is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is circumscribed by field walls. 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

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