Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Faraghy

Located at the outer edge of a shelf on a W-facing slope with SE-NW stream c. 90m to the SW. It is depicted faintly as a circular feature on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ and as a subrectangular hachured feature on the 1907 edition. This is a grass and scrub-covered D-shaped area (dims 18m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW) defined by the grass-covered foundations of walls (at NE: Wth 0.6m; H 0.2-0.6m) on the NE and SE sides and by a slight earthen bank (at SW: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) with an external stone-facing elsewhere. The entrance is a wide gap (Wth 4.8m) at SSE. This was probably a rath that was damaged even before the 1834 OS map was made, leaving only the perimeter at SW. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018