What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Dromore East, County Monaghan, is an earthen ringfort with a 39.5-metre diameter on a drumlin ridge overlooking a western col. Its bank stands about three metres high inside, encloses a narrow circular space, and still carries traces of an outer ditch along part of the edge. Rath MO018-022---- lies about 150 metres west, suggesting the ridge held more than one defended or occupied place. The fort may have served as a stronghold, a boundary marker or a seasonal gathering point, but its name preserves the older belief that fairies, not people, once lived there.

Located towards the bottom of the SW-facing spine of a NE-SW drumlin ridge and overlooking a col to the W. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 39.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2-3m; int. H c. 03m; ext. H c. 1m), with traces of an external fosse SSW-W-NNE. There is a modern entrance at NNE. Rath (MO018-022----) is c. 150m to the W, and the scrub had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). 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: 18 June 2018

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