Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmore East (monaghan By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore East (monaghan By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.26530, -7.05843
- SMR number
- MO009-015----
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 the spine of a N-S drumlin ridge with higher parts of the ridge to the S. This was described in 1968 as a raised oval grass-covered area (dims 32.6m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank, which was reduced to a scarp (at E: Wth 2.3m; H 0.8m) almost everywhere, and a complete outer fosse (at WNW: Wth of top 3.7m; D 0.4m). There was an outer field bank SE-SW, but the original entrance was not recognised. It had been largely removed by 2005 (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: 13 December 2017
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.