Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annaghkilly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghkilly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17476, -7.18973
- SMR number
- MO012-062----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the N end of a short N-S drumlin ridge. This is a circular fairly overgrown area (diam. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) that slopes down to the NW defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m at NW to 1m at SE (upslope); ext. H 1.4-1.7m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base c. 1.8m; ext. D c. 1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H c. 1.8m) that has an external stone facing. At the centre is a possible souterrain visible as a rock-cut circular depression (diam. of base 8m; max. D 1.6m), with a trench (L 7m; Wth 2m; max. D 1.3m) extending W from it, although it might be e quarry. The entrance through the inner (Wth 2.5m) and outer (Wth 2.5m) banks with traces of a causeway is at ENE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.