Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crumlin (monaghan By., Tehallan Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crumlin (monaghan By., Tehallan Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.27117, -6.93870
- SMR number
- MO009-025----
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 at the W edge of a broad plateau. A circular enclosure is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. This was described in 1967 as a circular grass-covered and slightly dished area (diam. 30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a wide earthen bank (Wth c. 6-8m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.7-2m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 6-8m; D 0.3-0.4m). The original entrance was not identified. It had been planted in a small forest 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: 13 December 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
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.