What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Moyles, farney By: a vanished ring on a drumlin ridge, marked only by shadow and memory. The fort is gone from sight but not from the land: its line still turns the grass, and the field remembers the shape of hands that made it.

Situated at the summit of a small NW-SE drumlin ridge. It is depicted as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) 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, but the cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible on the OSI aerial images (1995) and on Google Earth (04/11/2010). 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: 29 August 2017

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