What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Tiromedan, County Monaghan: a 31-metre earthen ring on the highest point of a drumlin ridge, with one ENE entrance and a small house foundation inside. The bank is low but deliberate, rising 1.7m outside and enclosing grass, shadow and the memory of occupancy. It is the kind of place where people may have lived, hidden or worshipped before writing gave the land its name.

Situated at the highest point and towards the NW end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.5m NNW-SSE; 31m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 4.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) and hedge with no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) is at ENE. The interior is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and the foundations of a subrectangular house structure (ext. dims 5.7m x 4.7m; int. dims 5m x 4.3m) defined by a low bank (Wth 1.1m; H 0.2m) and with a probable entrance at ENE is visible SW of this field 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: 22 June 2018

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