What is recorded here
Situated on a shelf towards the bottom of an E-facing slope, and just beyond the point where a N-S field bank on the E side changes direction to NNE-SSW. It is described as a ‘Site of fort’ 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 following 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: 31 July 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / ringfort · 496 yd
Derrylavan Millmill (water) · 756 yd
worker's houseworker's house · 814 yd
Horse-chestnutHorse-chestnut · 1730 yd
European BeechEuropean Beech · 1743 yd
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in AghalileFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.0 mi
Drumerlough MoreMountain / peak · 3.0 mi
Mannan Castle (in ruins)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 3.3 mi
TobernagalliaghSpring · 3.4 mi
Castle ruinsCastle, unclassified · 4.3 mi
Giants GraveArchaeological place · 4.6 mi