Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tully (trough By., Donagh Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tully (trough By., Donagh Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.32881, -6.95071
- SMR number
- MO006-005----
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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 on the spine and the N-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a circular area (int. diam. 40m E-W; 36m N-S) that slopes down slightly to the E. It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SSW: Wth of base 5m; Wth of top 1.1m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 3m), with an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 10.5m; Wth of base 4.5m; ext. D 1m) and traces of an outer bank (at SW: Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.4m) visible only SW-NNW. The entrance (Wth of base 3m), now closed, is at ENE. A N-S road to the W circumscribes the rath W-N by a wide margin but also avoids a rectangular area (dims c. 45m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) to the S, which may have been attached as an annexe at one time. (McDermott 2010, 395-6)
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: 29 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.