Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glear, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glear
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18274, -7.18736
- SMR number
- MO012-061----
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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 crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 33m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5-2.4m) and hedge that is reduced to a scarp SSE-WNW, with an outer fosse (Wth c. 1.5-1.8m) SW-N-E and an outer bank or field bank (ext. H 0.3-0.9m) W-NW. There is an entrance (Wth of top 4.6m) at E.
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: 28 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.