Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Indicated — Tattyboy is recorded as Fairy fort / ringfort in Monaghan. Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape with rock outcrop. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: A slight curve in a field wall with bushes and spoil built on top of a scarp survives N-E in a field bank.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext.
What was found
The saved account records: Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape with rock outcrop.
What remains
The saved account records: c. 35m) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and as a curve of a field bank (Chord c. 30m E-W) W-NE that is bisected by a NW-SE field boundary on the 1907 edition.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Tattyboy matters because the source ties fairy fort / ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The 1907 map also has a misleading curved feature extending N and E from its E edge.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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