What is recorded here

Callanagh Fort is a substantial earthen ringfort in County Cavan, Ireland, enclosing a raised circular area nearly fifty metres across. A wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse surrounds the bank, suggesting the place was built to keep intruders out or hold water against fire. The southern entrance may have faced the land where people arrived, while the modern counterscarp traces along the outer lip hint that later hands still shaped the edge. In local story, such forts belong to fairies, and the waterlogged ditch fits that claim, as if the ground itself refused to drain for ordinary use.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 49m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. Slight traces of an apparently modern counterscarp bank at the outer lip of the fosse from NE-E-S. Original entrance may have been at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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