What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human places misnamed, and Carrickfad is no exception: a ringfort on a low knoll in County Leitrim, with a six-metre hut platform and a hollow that may mark a collapsed underground passage. The name suggests bewilderment more than belief, as if people saw a finished human home and still wanted it to belong to someone else.

Situated on a low knoll. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 26.8m E-W; 24.5m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.9m at base; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.45m) surmounted by a drystone-built field wall and hedge. A circular hut platform (diam. 6m) in the interior is defined by a collapsed stone spread (Wth 1.3m; max. H 0.45m), and a hollow (L 3.5m; Wth 1.9m; D 0.25m) inside the perimeter at W may be a collapsed Man-made underground passage. 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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