What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Urney, County Cavan: a large earthen ring with a deep waterlogged ditch and a wide southern gap, overgrown but still shaped like a home. People may have lived there, herded animals past it, or avoided it after dark because fairy stories still walk such places. The earth remembers hands even when names are lost.

Raised subcircular area (int. dims. c. 47m NNW-SSE; c. 42m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a very substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse skirted by modern field boundaries. Wide break in bank at S presumably represents original entrance. However there is no accompanying causeway. Densely overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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