
What is recorded here
No amount of staring will make that hidden gate appear, because the fairies moved it when human eyes last watched.
Situated at the NW end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 42m NE-SW; c. 38m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.35m) E-S where it crosses the ridge, but it is largely reduced to an overgrown scarp (H 1.8-2.5m) that is greatest at NW (H 3m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 27 February 2018
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Hope Castlegate lodge · 422 yd
Whites IslandIslet · 554 yd
bridgebridge · 802 yd
Mullaghanee fortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1666 yd
Fortification in ConcraFortification · 1.0 mi
Crane IslandIsland · 1.3 mi
Dairy HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Lough MucknoLake and park landscape · 1.7 mi
Bawn in OnomyBawn · 2.1 mi
Big Tom Memorial StatueMemorial · 2.3 mi
Fincarn HillMountain / peak · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed