What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on a drumlin slope in County Leitrim, Ireland. Its earthen banks and flat-bottomed fosse still mark an oval area where grass grows thick and shadows stretch long at sunset. People may have lived there before forgetting the name, or perhaps the fairies took the house back and left only the shape behind.

Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 37m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown, steep-sided, round-topped earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.9m), which is reduced to a scarp at E and which is separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 3.3m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.4m). The enclosing features are levelled at S. 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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