Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonkeen, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonkeen
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.39442, -7.06750
- SMR number
- MO003-001----
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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
Situated at the W tip of an E-W spur. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 37m E-W; 33.6m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank at ESE and SW-WNW, being reduced to a scarp elsewhere, with an external fosse SW-NW. There are gaps in the perimeter at SW and SE (Wth of base 1.7m), but the latter is probably the original entrance.
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: 25 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosure1 mi
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- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.