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Ringfort - rath

Tully (Trough By., Donagh Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tully (Trough By., Donagh Par.), 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
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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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 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

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

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