What is recorded here

No fairy ever hatched a single egg inside the Corranure ring, yet people still call it a fairy fort because the shape resists ordinary explanation. A substantial earthen bank encloses a raised circular area thirty-three metres long, while an almost completely infilled fosse fades beneath grass and scrub. The original entrance at the east-south edge is now blocked by a modern field boundary, as if the land itself forgot the door. What is clear is that humans built a strong rounded shelter there, shaped it for entry and defence, then left it to overgrow until memory renamed it.

Raised circular area (int. dims. 33m NNW-SSE; 32m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and the remains of an almost completely infilled fosse. Outline of fosse, however, can still be traced. Original entrance at ESE now blocked by a modern field boundary. Internal area overgrown with scrub. 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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