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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pollafree

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Pollafree holds a twenty-four metre circular fort split by a road, reducing ancient boundary to modern convenience. The earthen bank still rises beside the wheels, preserving the shape even when the function fades. A vehicle passes through what may have been an entrance, turning ritual into traffic. The fort does not disappear; it adapts its purpose.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 24m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and traces of a fosse. Site is divided into two roughly equal portions by a roadway running NW-SE. Break in bank at SSW may represent original entrance. 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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