Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monmurry, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monmurry
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.34409, -6.89386
- SMR number
- MO004-003----
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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 just off the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of OS 6-inch map as defined by a field bank but it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. Traces of a ploughed out bank are visible at the N edge in pasture. Rath (MO007-002----) is c. 170m to the SSW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.