Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumrutagh

Situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. As the location is in full view of Bessmount House c. 300m to the S it may have been a tree-ring or adapted as one. 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: 13 December 2017