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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Laragh (farney By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Magic is not invention here. It is memory. The chamber is a room without walls, built from difference. What you reject is not lost. It is being tuned. The chamber is a living instrument. It is teaching you to hear the shape of life before you learn the name.
Located towards the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.4m NNW-SSE; 26.4m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of bank 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) with some bushes , and an outer fosse (at ENE: Wth of top 2.4m; Wth of base 1.7m; int. D 2.3m; ext. D 0.4m) N-SE. There is an entrance gap at SE that has been widened (Wth of base 3.4m) but which is probably original. A NNW-SSE field bank that was just to the W has been removed since 1995 (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. Date of revision: 8 December 2017

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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