What is recorded here

Half-hidden under grass and rushes on a drumlin slope in County Leitrim, the fort keeps its circle intact while forgetting its own entrance. People called it a fairy fort because the shape appeared without warning, but human hands built the bank and dug the ditch before memory faded. The missing gateway does not weaken the place; it removes the need to imagine a door where no door exists.

Located towards the top of the W-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 25.8m N-S; 25.1m E-W; int. dims 23.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.1m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (at N: Wth of base 2.3m; ext. D 0.3m) largely traceable as a band of rushes, with an outer bank (Wth of base 2m; ext. H 0.2m) NE-E. The original entrance is not identified, and the fosse at SE is truncated by a NE-SW field bank. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019

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