What is recorded here

Beetle rings and broken jars still mark the fairytale fort where human hands shaped earth into a circle before forgetting their own names. The drumlin tilt and missing entrance suggest people lived there long enough to be remembered only as fantasy.

Situated on the NE-facing slope of a drumlin, with the rath (MO019-033----) on the summit c. 100m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37.5m WNW-ESE; 33.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.85m) planted with beech trees. The bank is reduced to an outer scarp with a field bank at its base NNW-E, and the field bank is continued by facings stones on the outer face or the rath bank SE-W-NNW. There is no visible fosse and the entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at SE. 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: 22 June 2018

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