What is recorded here
No visible monument remains, only a hidden curve in the ground and a field boundary that follows its lost shape. The fort is still there beneath Annaghmore pasture, waiting for rain or bare soil to reveal how much of the circle survives.
In pasture surrounded by bog. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1911) as an enclosed area defined by a bank and fosse. A field boundary overlay the bank from N-NE and another curved around it from NE to SSW. On inspection in 1976 (SMR file) a curving stretch of a substantial earthen bank, incorporated into modern field fences, was visible at S and W. A ditch on the S side of the bank may have marked the line of the fosse. On an OSI aerial photograph (SMR file) the outline of the E half of the rath is now visible as a curving field boundary, while the W half is visible as a cropmark.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 4 December 2012
A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annaghmore, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a circular enclosure with a bank and fosse. It appears on 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps as a 'Fort' and is associated with local folklore regarding fairy activity, common in such sites across Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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