What is recorded here

A narrow, low earthen bank still circles a thirty-four-metre space in Aghoutereery, its northeasterly break perhaps marking the entrance used when the ground was new. Conifers now fill what may have been a rath, turning human architecture into a green chamber where shadow moves through needle-leaves. The bank has thinned with time, yet the circle remains clear enough to walk, inviting imagination about the hands that shaped it and the lives that turned away or entered through that gap.

Depicted as a tree-ring on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam.34m) enclosed by a much-denuded, narrow, low earthen bank and vague traces of a fosse. Wide break in bank at NE may represent original entrance. Internal area has been planted with conifers. Most likely a rath later planted with trees. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghoutereery, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a raised circular area with a denuded bank and possible fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often regarded as dwellings of supernatural beings or places of ancient ritual significance.

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