Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumlongfield

Located on a bluff towards the bottom of the E-facing spine of a WNW-ESE spur, with a small canalised N-S stream just to the E. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic script as a ‘fort’. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46m N-S; 39.5m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (at S: Wth 4.3m; H 0.75m), with traces of a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 10.7m; int. D. 0.7m; ext. D 0.55m) S-W. 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