Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghaclogha — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half-hidden in grass and hedgerows, the D-shaped fort at Aghaclogha still marks the slope where people once drew a line between inside and outside. Its bank, worn into a field edge, may have kept rain, strangers or ordinary forgetfulness at bay. Fairy fort is the name tradition gave it, but the shape suggests human hands: a small strong place made visible on the land.

Located on a rise towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. It is depicted as a D-shaped feature defined by single banks and with the straight side at W on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and as a D-shaped hachured feature on the 1907 edition. It is a visible as a slightly raised D-shaped and grass-covered area (dims c. 43m N-S; c. 34m E-W) defined by a scarp best preserved SE-SW (at S: Wth 2m; H 2.1m) where it is incorporated into a field bank and hedge. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 29 August 2017

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