What is recorded here

Indicated is a buried fairy fort on a Monaghan drumlin, watching the River Fane through grass and forgotten time. Its bank still stands like a breath held by the earth, neither fully hidden nor clearly owned. People may have lived there, feared there, or simply passed it without naming what they saw.

Located on the crest of a NW-SE drumlin ridge and overlooking a NNW-SSE section of the River Fane which is c. 100m to the E. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a small irregular field on the 1907 edition. This is an oval overgrown area (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth c. 5m; H c. 1m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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. Date of revision: 6 December 2017

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