Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corraghdown

Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope but above the fairly steep slope down to a SSW-NNE section of the Mountain Water River, which is c. 40m to the E. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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 revision: 30 August 2017