What is recorded here

Boraghy holds a subcircular earthen ringfort on a low spur amidst drumlins, marked by a remaining bank, fosse and a narrow southeastern causeway. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because the grass and scrub still hide the shape of human hands. It is not a magical trap or a finished museum piece. It is a changed border, still visible beside a stream, where human life and local belief both left their marks.

Situated on a small SE-NW spur in a low-lying position amongst drumlins, with a NE-SW stream immediately outside it to the W. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 48.5m NNW-SSE; c. 40m ENE-WSW) defined by the remains of an earthen bank ESE-W-N, and a fosse across the spur ESE-S which morphs into a berm S-W-N. There is an entrance through the bank (Wth of base 2m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.8m; H 1.3m) at SE. Archaeological testing (10E0208) immediately to the SE produced no related material (McGonigle 2010, 2012). 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: 9 May 2018 Amended: 17 January 2020

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