Fairy fort or ringfort in Billis, County Monaghan

What is recorded here

Located on the S-facing slope W of a small NE-SW drumlin ridge. A circular earthwork is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) at Billis. A subrectangular field (dims c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by curving field banks on all sides except NW-NE is depicted on the 1907 edition. These field banks are still extant.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO006-016

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives: Recorded monument

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