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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tonyellida

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

McCrea’s 1793 map marked two adjoining enclosures at Tonyellida, yet no other chart records them and the western feature has vanished from memory. The earth may still hold its shape beneath pasture, waiting for rain to reveal the ridge or a spade to bite into forgotten wall. People built rings there because ring shape resists forgetting, even when names and markers disappear.
Situated at the SW-facing slope of a low NW-SE spur. Two adjoining enclosures are marked on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) at Toneyellida, but they are not recorded on any other map and the precise location of this western feature is not known. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 6 December 2017

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