
What is recorded here
Situated on a hilltop. This is a circular or sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims 73.2m E-W; 71.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at ESE: Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.8m) and hedge incorporated into a field bank with an outer stone facing E-SW and WNW-NW, and a scarp (at NE: Wth 0.9m; H 1.35m) and hedge elsewhere. There are traces of a fosse or drain visible WNNW-N-ENE, and entrance gaps at E, SE and S.
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: 22 February 2018
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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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