Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Killycoghill, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killycoghill
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20337, -7.08669
- SMR number
- MO012-029----
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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 on the summit if an E-W drumlin ridge. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a large D-shaped enclosure. There is a folk record of a fort on Killycoghill hill that was removed (IFC, Schools’ MSS, 945, 184; 953, 316: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes ), which is unlikely to be this feature. The hilltop is enclosed now in a D-shaped pasture field (dims c. 80m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) with the straight side at NE but there is no indication of any ancient features.
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
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.