What is recorded here
Fairy forts are no joke. They are the last defensible positions of the displaced, the ones who refused to leave when the land changed hands. If you go inside one, you belong to it now. That is the whole bargain.
Situated on a local summit in an undulating landscape. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 44m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank WNW-NE that is largely reduced to a scarp (at SW: H 1.8m) and hedge, with evidence of external facing stones all around, and slight traces of a fosse E-SE. 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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 22 June 2018
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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