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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annyalty

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible ruin remains, yet the 1858 map drew a circle on the eastern slope while the 1834 version left that same ground empty. The earth may have swallowed the fort, or a surveyor may have imagined it from shadow and grass. Either way, Annyalty keeps a shape that resists measurement.
Located on the E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. A circular enclosure is depicted only on a revision of the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map dated 1858. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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. Date of revision: 14 December 2017

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