What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Glenmore, County Longford: a 45 m earthen ring on a sunny slope, partly levelled but still marking the place where people lived, worked and were remembered. The limekiln set into its western bank suggests heat, making and transformation inside an old boundary. What is missing has not stopped the field from holding the shape of human pride and desire.

On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 45m) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. The remains of a limekiln (LF022-010002-) were visible on the inner face of the bank at W. The rath has been levelled and is loosely defined by an irregular scatter of stones that may mark the remains of a collapsed stone wall or may simply be field clearance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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