What is recorded here

No name has survived for the fortress, but the earth remembers the shape of human life. A circular grassy area twenty-four metres across sits on a south-facing plateau in County Leitrim, bounded by a low stone bank and a shallow ditch. The missing identity does not weaken the place; it refuses to reduce the inhabitants into a label.

Located on a S-facing plateau or slight N-S spur. Grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam.24.5m WNW-ESE; 23m NNE-SSW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-4.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m), with a fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.2m) S-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE, and the monument is overlain by an E-W field wall and hedge at N. 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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