Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gola English, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gola English
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27726, -7.09458
- SMR number
- MO008-002----
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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 on a local height towards the NE end of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a circular domed and grass-covered area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a slight earthen bank. There is a second slight earthen bank at the base of the slope (diam. of base c. 45m) that has been planted as a hedge E-S. There is no visible fosse, but a broad entrance ramp (Wth 12m) rises up the mound at SE.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.