Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aughrim Beg

Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown subcircular area (dims 36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m) with a fosse obscured by field stones (Wth c. 2m; D 0.3m) and a slight outer bank (Wth c. 2m; ext. H 0.2m) W-NW. The bank is incorporated into a field bank N-SE, 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. Date of revision: 8 December 2017