What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Coolaha, County Monaghan: a circular rath about forty metres across, hidden beneath pasture but still marked in aerial images. Kieran Campbell’s test trench exposed a broad ditch, an earthen bank with stone facing, and a shallow outer cut. The site may have been a boundary marker, a ritual circle, or a forgotten dwelling, yet its shape remains legible in the land.

Situated on a level area in an undulating landscape. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDQ 58) from the 1970s. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The cropmark can also be seen on the OSI aerial images (1995). Archaeological testing (11E0414) by Kieran Campbell exposed part of the enclosing ditch (Wth of top 1.6-1.8m) at N and S (dim 72m NNW-SSE; c. 52m E-W) while the perimeter was an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.5m) with an internal stone-facing and a slight outer ditch (Wth of top 1.7m; D 0.15m) at E. See excavations.ie (2011: 504). (Campbell 2012) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 July 2017 Amended: 17 January 2020

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