What is recorded here

Indicated is an oval fairy fort on a Monaghan plateau, its drystone wall still standing after centuries of rain and grass. The 1834 map called it a fort in gothic lettering, but the 1907 map reduced it to an ordinary field, showing how quickly people forgot what the stones remembered. Maybe the entrance vanished because the fort stopped wanting witnesses, or perhaps it is waiting for someone quiet enough to hear the plateau breathe.

Situated towards the N edge of an undulating plateau with rock outcrop and stone field walls. An oval embanked enclosure is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and it is depicted as an oval field on the 1907 edition. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 51m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall, incorporating an older wall (Wth of base 2.3m; Wth of top 0.9m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.3m) at NE. The original entrance is not identified. 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: 27 February 2018

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