What is recorded here

Forty metres across on a drumlin slope, the earthen ringfort in Killyrue still marks the ground where people lived, died and stopped coming back. Fields and forgetting have since cut through its edge, yet the circle can still be traced.

Designated 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. Not marked on subsequent eds. Situated on the SW slope of a drumlin hill. It apparently comprised a slightly raised area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse. From ENE-SE the perimeter has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Elsewhere the enclosing features have been levelled. Nonetheless their outline can be traced from WNW-NNW. 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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