Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickykelly

Situated on a rise on a gentle S-facing slope. This is a raised subcircular platform (dims 25m N-S c. 22m E-W) with rock outcrop rising at the W edge defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 5.6m; Wth of top 1.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m) ENE-S that is incorporated into a field bank and hedge NNW-ENE and largely reduced to a scarp (at W: Wth 3.4m; H 1.8m) elsewhere. A farm laneway skirts the perimeter WNW-NNW. There is no visible fosse and a ramp rises obliquely up the scarp at ESE. A sunken rectangular area (dims 3.3m x 3.1m; D 0.3m at S) inside the perimeter at S is probably an old quarry. 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: 29 August 2017