What is recorded here

Mortons and others lived beside the fort for centuries, perhaps taking water from the river or passing through the valley without knowing the circular platform watched them. The fort may have marked a boundary, a home, a meeting place or a forgotten warning, but its entrance and purpose have faded behind grass and time. What remains is a shallow scar on a rise above the Owenmore, large enough to hold a life and quiet enough to disappear when nobody remembers it.

Indicated as a circular enclosure described as a 'Fort' on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a rise on the floor of Glenfarne valley with an E-W section of the Owenmore River c. 50m to the S. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. c. 44m) defined by an indistinct scarp (H 0.2-0.4m). There is no visible fosse and 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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