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Ringfort - rath

Dernagola, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dernagola, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dernagola
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.38837, -7.01819
SMR number
MO003-010----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin, with a NW-SE stream curving around it NE-S c. 35-40m distant. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 41.6m NNW-SSE; 38m ENE-WSW) defined by the remains of two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The outer bank is visible only at N, and the fosse is incorporated in a field drain at W-NW. There is an entrance gap at S (Wth of base 2.5m) and another through the inner bank at N (Wth of base 1.1m) with a causeway (Wth of top 2.2m; H 0.45m) across the fosse, and it might be 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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