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Ringfort - rath

Pullis, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Pullis, 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
Pullis
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.32740, -6.94277
SMR number
MO006-007----

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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

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

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

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