What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Tullyskeherny, County Leitrim: a circular grassy area, 26 metres north-south and 24 metres east-west, ringed by a 4.5-metre earthen bank on the east-facing valley slope beneath the Tullyskeherny plateau. A stream runs twenty metres to the east. The fort stands unplanted inside coniferous forest, with no visible fosse or certain entrance. Local tradition calls it a fairy fort, but the shape and bank mark it as a human ringfort, likely a residence or defended place from the early medieval period.

Located on the E-facing slope of a valley, which is on the NE-facing side of the Tullyskeherny plateau, with a SSW-NNE stream c. 20m to the E. This is a circular, grass-covered area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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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