What is recorded here

Mullaghanee fort stands on a drumlin ridge in County Monaghan, a grassy ring with an earthen bank and outer drain that has watched the land since before maps named it. People may have lived inside, tended fires, or avoided the place because local story calls it a fairy fort. The slope, entrance causeway and truncated edge suggest human hands shaped it, yet the fairy name reminds us some boundaries are still believed, not measured.

Located at the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This rath, or rath (MO025-009----) which is c. 170m to the ESE, is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 47.6m NE-SW; 39.6m NW-SE) that slopes down to the SE (H 1.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.2-4.6m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.5m at NW to 2.2m at SE) which is incorporated in a field bank SW-N, and a complete outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1-1.3m; D 0.3m). There is a widened entrance (Wth of base 4.1m) and causeway (Wth of top 6m; H 0.35m) at SE. The perimeter is truncated slightly be a NW-SE field bank at NE. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 February 2018

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