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Ringfort - rath

Drumgolat, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumgolat, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumgolat
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.24267, -6.82752
SMR number
MO010-014001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the E end of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 37m) defined by an earthen bank (art S: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 3m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.7m) from an outer earthen bank. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.7m) and outer (Wth of base 2.9m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 4.4m; H 1.2m) at E, and the monument is surrounded by an earthen field bank (at ESE: Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.55m) NE-SE with an entrance (Wth of base 5.4m) through it at E. There is a souterrain (MO010-014002-) inside the perimeter at N and a house-site (MO010-014003-) at the centre.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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