What is recorded here

Indicated is a hidden fairy fort in County Longford, marked only by a low rise now swallowed by coniferous trees. The fort vanished from human sight, yet it remains named, remembered and recorded on the land. What people stopped seeing, the keepers may have begun occupying.

On a low but prominent rise in otherwise low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 28m) defined by a scarp with an external fosse and a low outer bank. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath is not visible at ground level. A plantation of coniferous trees is established here. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 November 2011

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