What is recorded here

Marianne and the fairies fought over the Glencorran fort, she with a stick, they with mischief. She struck a fairy and broke its back, so the children of the fort never forgot her. Years later her own child fell ill, and the fairies came into her home at night. They did not kill the child. They took the life from the child and gave it back to the woman who had hurt their kind.

Marked 'Fort' on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Remains comprise a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 31.5m). The enclosing features have been levelled. The site was formerly utilised as a garden serving the now disused dwelling to SW of the site. 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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