What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not for entry. They are for noticing. This is one of the larger ones, an oval of raised earth seventy-two metres across in County Cavan. Much of it has been levelled or absorbed into field boundaries, but the scale still reads. That is why it feels like a fairy fort rather than a ruin: it is big enough to exclude ordinary explanation.

Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 72m WNW-ESE; c. 61m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a low earthen bank and slight traces of a fosse identifiable only at W. Exterior of bank has been faced with stone and incorporated into the field boundary at W and N. The site is divided into two roughly equal portions by a field boundary running WNW-ESE, the area SSW of which has been largely levelled. 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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