What is recorded here

That is a solid earthen ring on a Monaghan ridge, not a fairy castle. People built it, lived near it, and left behind a broad oval bank that grass and fern have since swallowed. The fairies enter only when people stop imagining the humans who first shaped the earth.

Situated at the summit of and at the centre of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, and it overlooks the S end of Lough Muckno. This is an oval grass and fern-covered area (dims 36m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) defined by a grass and scrub-covered earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.9m) with traces of an outer stone facing. There are traces of an outer fosse SE-S, at WSW and WNW, but 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 February 2018

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