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Ringfort - rath

Garran (Dartree By; Clones Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Garran (Dartree By, 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
Garran (Dartree By; Clones Par.)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.20938, -7.15627
SMR number
MO012-018----

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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 on the SE-facing slope of a small NE-SW drumlin ridge. This feature is depicted as a small oval copse (dims c. 35m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a small D-shaped field on the 1907 edition. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 25m E-W; 20m N-S) that slopes down to the E defined by a scarp (at S: Wth 1.6m; H 0.9m) and hedge. There was evidence of a fosse (Wth of top 2.4m; D 0.2m) at N in 1942 (SMR file), but the original entrance is not identified.

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.

Revised by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 29 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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