Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - tree-ring
Mullynahinch, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullynahinch
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24836, -7.02162
- SMR number
- MO009-036----
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 towards the SW end of a slight NE-SW ridge. A small enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with trees on the perimeter 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 1983 as a slightly dished grass-covered area (diam. 16.3m N-S; 16.3m E-W) with some tree-stumps. It was defined by a slight earthen bank (H 0.1m), but the area was being ploughed 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
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.