What is recorded here

Indicated is a buried fairy fort in County Longford, still wearing its name like a ribbon tied around a jar. The fort may have been a human home before becoming a fairy place, and the greens may be closing the door rather than rotting the wall. What is lost is not the wall but the shape of the lives it held.

On the gentle N-facing slope of a low rise. Depicted as a circular, tree-lined enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. It is very densely overgrown with vegetation rendering satisfactory inspection impossible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 10 January 2012

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