What is recorded here

No visible entrance in either hut, though both remain defined. That is not completeness, but recorded absence of one feature. The chamber may have entered through a broken gap, a hidden door, or never have needed a human entrance at all. What is known is that two distinct circular chambers still stand within the fort, one larger than the other. The fairies may have built the second chamber because the first became crowded, or because one resident refused to share.

Situated just off the crest of an E-W drumlin ridge on the N side. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 36m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) that slopes down to the NE (H 3.2m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 7m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 1.4m) S-SW that is reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 2m; H 1.5m) elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 5.6m; Wth of base 1m; D 1.4m) with an outer counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.6m) SE-S-NW that morphs into an outer stone-faced bank or scarp (at NE: H 1.1m) abutting the base of the original bank NW-NE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) at NE, the lowest point of the interior. There are two conjoined circular hut-sites on a slight E-W rib inside the perimeter at N. The W hut (int. diam. 4m) is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.2-0.3m) and is just W of the E hut (int. diam. 7m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m). No entrance features can be identified in either hut. 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: 30 January 2018

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