What is recorded here

You can still see the shallow ditch and low bank around a circular space thirty-two metres wide, even though modern work has flattened much of the ridge. It stands on a long narrow drumlin in County Cavan, high enough to command the land around it. People may have lived there, buried jars there or simply pointed children toward it as a fairy fort, but the earth keeps its shape because it was made to be seen.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the summit of a long, narrow drumlin ridge. Although site has been levelled, the outline of a bank and fosse is still identifiable enclosing a slightly raised circular area (int. diam. c. 32m). Earlier reports (OPW 1968 and 1969) suggested that the original entrance may have been at ESE. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Paddock is a likely early-medieval defensive or domestic site, indicated by its bank and fosse features. Local tradition associates such mounds with fairy dwellings, reflecting the common Irish folklore linking these earthworks to supernatural beings.

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