What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Tullyskeherny is a grass-covered ringfort with a 32m diameter, earthen bank, hedge and external fosse on a ridge in County Leitrim. Its NE causeway is 3.3m wide, while the eastern ditch remains the clearest part of the boundary. People may have lived, hidden or marked territory there before the fort became a fairy name in local memory.

Just off the NE end of a NE-SW ridge (L of top c. 200m). Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) and an external fosse, which is best preserved at E (Wth of base 2m; D 0.4m) but is visible elsewhere as a band of lush growth. There is an entrance and causeway (Wth 3.3m) at NE. 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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