What is recorded here

No visible chamber exists inside the earthworks, yet the fort stands complete on the drumlin ridge. Human hands built the banks, dug the fosse and set the stone facing before memory faded. Fairy fort is the local name, not a proven function. The absence of a house is the striking fact: a boundary was made, defended or marked, but the living center has vanished.

Situated at the summit of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer bank, which has an outer stone facing SSE-NW. The original entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.2m) and outer (Wth of base 2.3m) banks and the causeway (Wth of base 2.4m; H 0.45m) are at ESE. There are farm buildings outside the perimeter NW-NE. 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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