What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghateskin is a vanished circular embankment, thirty-five to forty metres wide, marked only in gothic lettering on an 1834 map. It stood on a slight rise above low-lying pasture, large enough to exclude cattle yet humble enough to be forgotten. The fort may have been a boundary marker, a seasonal shelter or a child’s climbing ring before the land was divided. Whatever it was, it stopped being visible before it stopped being remembered.

Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 8 December 2017

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