What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not called that because they are cute. They are called that because people stopped understanding them, stopped entering them cleanly, and handed the gap over to imagination. Lisgorman is one of those places where the boundary is still marked but the meaning has gone soft. The stones are not claiming to be magical. They are waiting for a human being strong enough to remember what the edge was for.

Located towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 23.6m NE-SW; 22.7m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2-3m; H 0.4-0.8m) with intermittently visible facing-stones. The original entrance is not identified. 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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