Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cavan (moutray), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cavan (moutray)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.40286, -7.04136
- SMR number
- MO001-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the summit of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.6m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 2.2m; H 0.65m; at E: Wth 2.1m; H 1.15m) with the entrance suggested by a dip in the perimeter at E (Wth 3.9m). There is no visible fosse.
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 upload: 17 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.