What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Fawn is an earthen ringfort on a drumlin ridge in County Leitrim. Its shallow bank circles a grassy space wide enough for a small household, and a narrow stone-lined gap opens at the southwest. People may have lived there, marked territory, or simply followed the shape the land already suggested before memory began.

Situated on top of a NW-SE drumlin ridge towards the SE end. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 23.5m NW-SE; diam. 28m crest to crests) defined by a slight earth and stone bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.5m) at SW. 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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