What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Carnagh Upper is a large oval ringfort, sixty-four metres long and fifty-two wide, enclosed by an earthen bank that has lost its original entrance. People may have lived there, raised animals or simply marked the landscape before the name changed. The bank still stands inside a field boundary, partly faced with modern stone, preserving the shape of a place that no longer explains itself.

Raised oval area (int. dims. 64m E-W; 52mN-S) enclosed by an earthen bank. An earlier report(OPW 1970) noted traces of a fosse from SSW-W-N. The outer face of the bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. It has a modern stone facing in places. 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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