What is recorded here

Indicated is a D-shaped fairy fort on a drumlin ridge in County Monaghan, marked as a copse on Fort Singleton demesne since 1834. Its slight earthen bank and outer drain have surrendered to woods, hiding the entrance and leaving only a faint circular shadow beneath the leaves. The shape resists forgetting even when human memory fades, suggesting the land still holds the outline of what stood there before records began.

Situated towards the N end of a NNE-SSW drumlin ridge, the summit of which is c. 100m to the SSW. This rath is depicted as a D-shaped copse on the demesne of Fort Singleton, on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is an overgrown and wooded D-shaped area (dims 37.5m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (at N: Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) and outer fosse or drain (at N: Wth 2.3m; D c. 0.5m). There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is cut by a NE-SW field bank at NW. 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: 25 July 2017

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