Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Annaglogh — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Fairy forts are no longer believed to belong to fairies, though people still use the name. They are ancient field boundaries, burial marks or small settlement outlines that changed as villages grew. The true function emerges when the local land is read carefully.

Situated on a broad summit. It is depicted faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) and described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This feature was described in 1968 as a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by the base of an earth and stone bank (at ENE: Wth of base 1.7m; Wth of top 0.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m) with no visible fosse. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) was at E. It was bisected by an ENE-WSW lane. The area had become completely overgrown with furze by 2000 (OSAP). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 February 2018

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