What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annaghkilly is a circular earthwork at the north end of a short ridge in County Monaghan. It has double banks, a ditch, an east-northeast entrance, and a central rock-cut depression that may be a passage or a quarry. People called it a fairy fort because the shape and hidden centre still suggest more than ordinary farmland.

Situated at the N end of a short N-S drumlin ridge. This is a circular fairly overgrown area (diam. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) that slopes down to the NW defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m at NW to 1m at SE (upslope); ext. H 1.4-1.7m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base c. 1.8m; ext. D c. 1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H c. 1.8m) that has an external stone facing. At the centre is a possible Man-made underground passage visible as a rock-cut circular depression (diam. of base 8m; max. D 1.6m), with a trench (L 7m; Wth 2m; max. D 1.3m) extending W from it, although it might be e quarry. The entrance through the inner (Wth 2.5m) and outer (Wth 2.5m) banks with traces of a causeway is at ENE. 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: 29 January 2018

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