What is recorded here

Mong Hill still holds a circular fort where grass covers ancient earth and shadows lengthen at dusk. People may have lived inside the bank or fled storms there, yet the fairies have never left the hole. The fort is not dead, only waiting for someone clever enough to ask permission before entering.

Located on the NW-facing slope of Mong Hill. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 26m E-W; 23.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.8-1.45m) with some bushes E-S-NW, but reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) elsewhere. There is an external fosse (Wth of base 1.9m; D 0.45m) E-S, represented elsewhere by a band of lush vegetation (Wth 2.35m), and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank S-NW. There are entrance gaps at ESE and SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.