What is recorded here

Thurnaun is a vanished fairy fort in County Leitrim, mapped as a forty-metre circular embankment in 1835 but reduced to invisible pasture by 1907. The land swallowed the stone circle while keeping its shadow, proving that human boundaries dissolve when stopped believing. What remains is a steep scarp and the memory of shape, waiting for someone to walk the perimeter until the ground remembers its own name.

Situated at the SW tip of a NE-SW spur of locally high ground in reclaimed pasture. It is indicated as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) open to the NE and described in gothic lettering as 'Thurnaun' on the 1907 edition. No feature is visible at ground level, apart from a steep natural scarp S-W. 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/revision: 13 December 2011

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