What is recorded here

Indicated is a grass-covered fairy fort on a west-facing hill in County Leitrim, marked by a three-metre earthen bank and a shallow external ditch. Its original entrance has vanished beneath centuries of growth, leaving the circle closed to human memory but perhaps still open to the beings who shaped it. The exact dimensions preserve a shape rather than a household, inviting wonder about what lived inside before the hedge took over the doorway.

Situated of the W-facing slope of a hill. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 28m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m at NNE to 0.95m at S) and hedge, with an external flat-bottomed fosse or ditch (Wth of base 0.85m; D 0.2m) NE-S. 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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