What is recorded here

Indicated is a buried stone ringfort on a Monaghan rise, its oval shape still visible beneath grass though no longer named on modern maps. The fort stands beside the headwaters of a small stream, suggesting people once valued the clean water and elevated view. It may have been a home, a refuge or a boundary marker before regional conflicts and changing land use removed its identity. What remains is a quiet invitation to imagine the lives that shaped the stones.

Located on a rise on a NE-facing slope, with the headwaters of a small SE-NW stream c. 50m to the SW. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure defined by field walls. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 28.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth c. 4m; int. H c. 0.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) but no facing stones are identified. The original entrance is not recognised, but the perimeter is slightly clipped by a NW-SE field wall at SW. 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: 21 June 2018

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