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

What is recorded here

A narrow entrance gap on the eastern side would have let people enter the fort. The surrounding fields and farmland suggest the fort was built and used by local people living in the area.

Situated on the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge towards the SE end. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.6m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) that slopes down to the S (H 1.4m) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.9m) with some bushes and an outer fosse or ditch (at SE: Wth of top 1.65m; ext. D 0.75m) and an external field bank (at SE: Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.3m). These features are now visible only SE-WNW, but the perimeter can be traced as a slight scarp elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified. 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: 27 July 2017.

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