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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cullow

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In Cullow, a circular earthen fort with stone-faced banks stands about thirty metres across, its entrance lost to time and boundary walls. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because the shape felt occupied even when empty. A person might have lived there, raised children, and disappeared into story. The measurement is exact; the memory is not.
Raised circular area (int. dims.29.8m E-W; 29m N-S) enclosed by a narrow earthen bank faced externally with drystone masonry and incorporated into the field boundary from W-NW-N. Original entrance not recognisable. 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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