What is recorded here

Carrigeen Fort, meaning the fort of the little rock, is a vanished earthwork on the SE shore of Lough Boderg. Maps from 1835 and 1907 drew its bank and shape, but grass and scrub have since erased every trace. The lake may have swallowed the rock that gave it name, or people may have simply stopped remembering the fort altogether.

Situated In scrub on a promontory on the SE shore of Lough Boderg, which is on the River Shannon. A small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) described as ‘Carrigeen Fort’, or the fort of the little rock is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and it is depicted as a D-shaped hachured feature (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) truncated on the E side by a N-S field bank on the 1907 edition. This is a grass and scrub-covered area but no archaeological feature is visible at ground level. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 December 2011 Amended: 6 January 2020

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