What is recorded here

No visible entrance, double walls and a grass roof mark the Doonkelly fort. It stands on a southern rise above a wet eastern basin, watching the low land instead of hiding from it. The fairies may have built it for themselves, but the shape and position suggest human hands, memory and pride.

Situated on a rise that is towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, and it overlooks a poorly-drained basin (dims c. 140m E-W; c. 100m N-S) just to the E. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 26.8m E-W; 24.6m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.75m) with intermittently visible double facing-stones (Wth of wall 2m) surmounted by a drystone field wall. There is no identifiable original entrance. 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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