What is recorded here

Indicated is an unusually large fairy fort in County Cavan, measuring seventy-eight by fifty-three metres across a raised oval scarped from the land. Its south-eastern edge holds a wide depression that probably marked the entrance, while late eighteenth-century dwelling ruins and modern fencing now disturb the northern and eastern boundaries. The size suggests more than a passing trick; perhaps it was a gathering place where people and spirits both claimed the same ground.

Unusually large raised oval area (int. dims. 78m NNW-SSW; 53m ENE-WSW) defined by a scarp with a very short segment of denuded earthen bank on its upper edge at NW. From NNW-E-SE scarp is disturbed by the ruins of a late 18th-century dwelling and modern fencing. Wide depression in scarp at SSE probably represents original entrance. 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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