Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Allagesh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Allagesh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.26168, -7.10006
- SMR number
- MO008-016----
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 on top of a short NE-SW ridge. It was described in 1967 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank incorporated into a field bank (at NW: Wth of base 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) W-N-E and a scarp (at SW: Wth 2m; H 0.45m) elsewhere. There was no evidence of a fosse or an original entrance. It had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.