What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanco (farney By., Magheross Par.) stands on a south-facing slope in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is a circular grass-covered area, 34.5m wide east-west and 34m north-south, marked by a slight northern scarp 3.4m wide and 0.5m high. The 1834 map called it a fort in gothic lettering, while the 1907 map drew an arc of hachures linking to a field bank. No entrance or fosse remains visible, leaving the circle open to imagination rather than explanation.

Located towards the top of a S-facing slope. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and an arc of hachures W-N-E connecting with a NE-SW field bank at SE is depicted on the 1907 edition. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.5m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (at N: Wth 3.4m; H 0.5m) that is incorporated into a field bank E-SE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 1 February 2018

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