Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Conaghy, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Conaghy
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.18876, -7.14607
- SMR number
- MO012-045----
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
A circular earthwork is shown on a hill at Conaghy on McCrea's map of County Monaghan (1793) in the National Library of Ireland (MS 161.10). This is probably the same as the 'fort of the Cú (hounds) …situated beside Mac Mahon's castle' (MO012-046----) known in the folk traditions (IFC: Schools’ MSS: 946, 59: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes ). The hill is easily identified but the exact positions of either the castle or the rath are not known. .
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 29 January, 2018
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.