Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Pullis, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pullis
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.32740, -6.94277
- SMR number
- MO006-007----
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
Located at the N end of the summit of a N-S drumlin ridge. This was described in 1968 as a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 4.5m; Wth of top 1.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m) with a complete outer fosse (at SE: Wth of top 2.3m; ext. D 0.9m). The entrance (Wth of base 2.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 1.8m) were at SE. The scrub had been removed by 1984 and the monument reduced to a low grass-covered mound, but its outline could still be traced. (McDermott 2010, 399-400)
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
References
McDermott, Dr. S. 2010 The archaeology of the twelve tates of McKenna, c. 1591. Clogher Record, vol. 20, No. 2, 373-406.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.