Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garranroe or Cornamucklagh

Situated at the SE angle of a small triangular plateau. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. At that time it was bisected by a NE-SW field bank and a NW-SE field bank touched the perimeter at NW. On the 1907 edition of the map the NW-SE field bank has been extended across the interior, and the perimeter was only extant on the NE side of the NW-SE field bank. Today the perimeter only survives (Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m) with an outer drain (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) NE-SE, but the outline can be traced in the other quadrants (diam. c. 40m). 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