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Ringfort - rath

Cordevlis (monaghan By., Tehallan Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland

The record

Townland
Cordevlis (monaghan By., Tehallan Par.)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.24075, -6.89041
SMR number
MO010-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 just off the crest of the N-facing slope of a relatively low drumlin. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on later OS 6-inch maps. It is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 29.5m N-S; c. 25m E-W) that slopes down steeply to the NE where the only segment of the perimeter survives (Chord 9.5m E-W) as a scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 1.9m), but the outline of the perimeter can be traced at S. The interior is bisected by an E-W field bank and a NNW-SSE field bank curves around the perimeter SW-W.

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: 26 January 2018

McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).

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