What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanmullagh South is a circular grass-covered rath in County Monaghan, Ireland, marked on McCrea’s map of 1793 and later official maps. It sits on the crest of a broad ridge, bounded by a scarp, hedge, faint bank and outer fosse, with a modern ramp at the south. People may have lived, hid or worshipped there before the fairy name appeared, but the earth still keeps the shape of their choice.

Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a broad NE-SW ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. it is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m E-W; 37.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (at S: Wth 2m; H 1.45m) and a hedge with slight traces of a bank (at S: Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.3m) S-SW, and an outer fosse (at S: Wth of base 0.8m; D 0.3m). There is a modern ramp entrance at S. 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 January 2018

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