What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Drumnagrella is an oval grass ring, 37.5 metres long, bounded by an earth and stone bank on a low ridge in County Monaghan. Its true entrance likely faced southeast, though a western gap and field banks have blurred the shape since people stopped using it as a fort. The fairy name suggests it left behind more wonder than history, as if the walls had become a story before they became a ruin.

Located on a low E-W ridge in an undulating low-lying landscape. It is an oval grass-covered area (dims 37.5m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth of base 3.2-3.8m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-0.9m) with some bushes, which is incorporated into a field bank W-NE. There is no visible fosse. There is a gap at WNW but the original entrance is probably that at SE (Wth of base 1.6m). It had been removed by 1984 (SMR file). 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: 28 July 2017

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