What is recorded here

Indicated is a hidden fort in the Glenfarne valley, County Leitrim, where a low earthen bank and shallow drain still outline a grassy oval despite decades of neglect. It appeared briefly on a 1910 map as an oblong wood, but local memory has always called it a fort, suggesting people lived there before surveyors forgot the name. The missing entrance and buried stakes leave the chamber unfinished, inviting imagination rather than certainty.

Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oblong wood (dims c. 45m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) it is known locally as a fort and is located on a S-facing slope on the floor of the Glenfarne valley. This is a grass-covered oval or D-shaped area (int. dims 52m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) with tree-stumps in the interior defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse or drain (Wth 1.4m; D 0.25m). An original entrance is not identified. 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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