Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gransha Beg, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gransha Beg
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19535, -7.17044
- SMR number
- MO012-034----
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 at the SW end of a short NE-SW drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793), and on all editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was described in 1968 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 50m N-S; 48.5m E-W) sloping down slightly to the SE, which was defined by a scarp (H 1.2-1.8m) and hedge. There was no visible fosse and the original entrance was not identified. The hedge had been removed by 1995 (OSAP), but the monument is probably intact.
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
Circular area (50m N-S; 48.5m E-W) surrounded by artificial scarp. No visible surface trace of fosse or entrance.
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.