What is recorded here

Mortons and others may have built the double-ringed fort on the Tawnycurry drumlin, but local memory has long called it a fairy fort. Its name suggests people once treated the place as occupied, dangerous, or off limits. The earthworks still stand on the hilltop, preserving that older boundary between the human farm and the unseen world.

Situated on top of a small drumlin. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m) separated by a fosse (at SE: Wth of top 4m) from an outer bank (at SE: Wth 5.7m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 0.7m) which has been levelled at N. The original entrance is not identified. 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. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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