What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dooraa (cremorne By.) stands on the crest of an east-facing drumlin slope, a double-ringed earthwork with a hidden causeway entrance at the south-east. People may have lived inside the inner bank or kept herds beyond the outer stone-facing wall, moving through the narrow gap when the land needed defending or dividing. The preserved shape suggests a busy boundary rather than an abandoned curiosity, where ordinary labour and local belief still meet in the soil.

Situated at the crest of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular area (diam. 32m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SE (H 2.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.5-6.5m; int. H 1-1.5m) and hedge separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.2-8m; ext. D 1.1-2.2m) from an outer flat-topped bank (Wth of base 4.4-7m; Wth of top 2.6m; ext. H 1.1-1.2m) and hedge with an external stone facing. Outside this is a drain (Wth 0.8-1m) and counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5-2m). There is an entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.1m) and outer bank, now obscured, with a causeway (Wth of top 3.5m; H 0.9m) at SSE. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 7/1984). 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: 30 January 2018

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