What is recorded here

Beach trees now crowd the interior of the Rakeeragh fort, turning an ancient earthen ring into a green chamber. The bank still stands sixteen decimals of a metre high around a thirty-four metre circle, marking a boundary drawn long before written memory. People may have lived inside that chamber, raised children there, or fled storms beneath its shallow rim. The trees have not erased the shape; they have occupied it, continuing the human habit of making a small world and returning to it.

Located on a slight NW-SE ridge at the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 31.7m N-S) defined by a regular earthen bank (Wth of base 2.2-2.3m; int. H 0.6-0.75m; ext. H 1.6m), with no visible fosse. There is a modern entrance at WNW and another entrance (Wth of base 1m) at SE could also be modern. It was converted into a tree-ring by planting beech trees inside the bank. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 June 2018

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