Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glasmullagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glasmullagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.36772, -6.98862
- SMR number
- MO003-030----
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
Situated just N of the summit of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown subcircular area (int. dims 43m NNE-SSW; 38.4m WNW-ESE) that slopes down slightly to the NE, which is defined by an overgrown earthen bank N-ENE and SE-SW, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp elsewhere. There are tree-stumps in the interior, and there is an outer drain which may be a re-cut fosse. There is an entrance and causeway, which may be modern, at N.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.