Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Comertagh

Located on a small N-S ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m E-W; 27.6m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.85m) which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge W-N but reduced to a scarp (at ENE: H 1.7m) over much of the perimeter. There is no visible fosse but there is an entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) at S, convenient to a farmyard, which is c. 70m to the 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. Date of revised upload: 25 August 2017

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Comertagh is a circular, grass-covered early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, with a low earthen bank incorporated into a modern field boundary. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, suggesting they were homes of supernatural beings or places of ancient ritual significance.