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Situated at the crest of an E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge, with higher ground c. 250m to the NW and c. 150m to the SW. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and as a hachured enclosure on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1967 as an oval grass-covered area (dims 39m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at SW: Wth 3.7m; H 0.7m: at NW: Wth 6m; H 1.8m), with a fosse (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 1.7m; ext. D 0.3m) across the ridge S-W. The original entrance was not identified. It appears to have been removed or eroded away before 1995 (OSAP).
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
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