Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killycoonagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killycoonagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18012, -7.16896
- SMR number
- MO012-067----
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 on a hilltop. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 32.3m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank or scarp (at SSW: Wth 1.2m; H 1.2m) and hedge, with traces of an external stone facing. There is a fosse (Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.6m) SSE-SW that can be traced in a slighter form SW-N-E. There is a ramp rising up the scarp at S, but its inner edge is closed.
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
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.