Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonavilla, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonavilla
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17400, -7.20794
- SMR number
- MO012-058----
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 just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.3m; ext. H 1.4-1.8m) planted with deciduous trees, with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 2m) S-WSW. An entrance gap (Wth of base c. 2m) at WSW is probably modern. Inside the perimeter at SW is a grass-covered hollow (dims of base c. 14m E-W; c. 9m N-S; D 0.9m), probably an old quarry.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.