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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cleenaghoo

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Half a metre of raised earth marks a forgotten chamber on the drumlin crest. People may have stood inside that circle, watched the valley, or left before the grass returned. The field bank now cuts across the ancient line, proving that human memory comes and goes while the shape endures.
Located at the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular platform (diam. 28m NW-SE; c. 26m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 0.4m at SE) NW-SE. The monument is overlain by a NW-SE field bank and drain with reclaimed pasture to the NE of this feature. It was overgrown to the SW of the field bank in 1991, although this growth has been cleared (Bing 2013). Rath (LE025-040---) is c. 60m to the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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