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Ringfort - rath

Annagola (Trough by; Donagh par.), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Annagola (Trough by, 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
Annagola (Trough by; Donagh par.)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.29280, -6.85894
SMR number
MO007-009----

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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 at the summit of a drumlin. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. It is visible as a slightly raised grass-covered subcircular area (dims 30m E-W; 24.6m N-S) defined by a slight scarp and slightly truncated by WNW-ESE field bank at N.

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: 30 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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