Fortification in Concra, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Situated at the crest of the NE-facing slope of a hill in the demesne of Castleblayney. This has never been recorded on any map. It is described (Delaney 1998, 5) as ‘an embanked area defined by a ditch (int. H 2m) on the NE side with a stone facing on the uphill side, creating a level area inside. It is suggested that it might have had a military function in the seventeenth century, but it is just as likely to be a folly on the Castleblayney estate like so many other features in the demesne. It is no longer extant on a golf course (OSAP).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO025-048

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