Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumdesco, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumdesco
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shanrath
- Coordinates
- 54.28417, -7.05821
- SMR number
- MO009-001----
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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
Situated on a NE-SW ridge. The name ‘Shanrath’ meaning an 'old fort' is recorded only on the 1949 revision of the OS 6-inch map. It is not known locally, no archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture and its precise location is not known.
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: 12 December 2017
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.