What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Aghareagh West is a circular earthen ring on a drumlin ridge in County Monaghan, with a broken southern gap and a shallow outer ditch. People may have lived there, marked territory, or simply followed the shape the land already suggested. The fairies, according to local story, took the fort back and refused to leave it empty.

Located on a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42.5m N-S; 38.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H c. 2-2.5m) NNW-NE that is largely reduced to a scarp (at E: H 1.8m) and hedge. The remains of an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 1.5m) SW-N-SE has been deepened (ext. D c. 0.7m) NNW-NNE. The original entrance is probably the large gap (Wth at base 2.3m) at S. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 21 June 2018

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