What is recorded here

Mortons and others lived inside circular ditches across Ireland, yet local legend still claims the fort for fairies. Rossnaglogh West preserves a thirty-three metre circle on a plateau crest, truncated by a field bank but still visible through pasture. The distinction between human architecture and fairy invention collapses when both create boundary, exclusion and memory.

Located at the crest of the SW-facing slope of a small plateau. An embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Traces of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 33m NW-SE) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.4m) are visible in pasture. It is truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE. 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: 9 May 2018

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