What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Monascallaghan: a 29.5m raised circle on a gentle southwest slope, its shallow scarp and broken earth-and-stone bank still visible through pasture. The missing entrance and absent ditch suggest age, neglect or deliberate erasure rather than a complete disappearance. A nineteenth-century dwelling leaned against the southeast scarp, tying human life to the old ring.
On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 29.5m) defined by a scarp (H 0.8-1.7m); fragmentary remains of a low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 3m) are evident intermittently. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Against the scarp at SE are the ruins of a 19th-century dwelling.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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