Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killyrean Upper, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killyrean Upper
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.34521, -6.90592
- SMR number
- MO004-002----
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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 towards the top of the E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge and c. 200m NW of the NW angle of Monmurry Lough a subrectangular lake (dims c. 250m N-S; c. 100-140m E-W). A circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map as defined by a field bank but it is described in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture.
The following 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
Marked 'Fort' on 1835 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface traces.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.