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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27162, -6.93526
- SMR number
- MO009-028----
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
Situated on top of a hill. This was described in 1968 as a raised and slightly dished (int. D 0.3m) grass-covered subcircular area (dims 39m NNW-SSE; 32m ENE-WSW) that sloped down slightly to the S. It was defined by a broad bank or scarp (Wth 3.5-4m; H 1.8-2m) and hedge, with an outer fosse best preserved N-E and SW-NW (Wth of top 7m; D 0.3m). There is a large entrance (Wth c. 3m) at SSE. It was surrounded by a field bank NNW-ESE. The hedge had been removed by 1995 (OSAP) and the defining features have become less distinct since then (Bing 2013).
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
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.