Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cappog (dartree By), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappog (dartree By)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17171, -7.16902
- SMR number
- MO012-068----
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 at the crest of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This was described in 1968 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 49m E-W: 48m N-S) that sloped down slightly to the NE defined by an earthen bank incorporated in a field bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) S-NW with an outer fosse E-SW, and a scarp elsewhere. The entrance (Wth of base 4.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.4m; H 0.3m) were at E. The perimeter had been removed W-N-SE by 1995 (OSAP). Archaeological testing (18E0449) c. 30m to the S at the closest point produced no related material (Duffy 2018).
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
Amended: 29 January 2020
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Duffy, C. 2018 Archaeological Assessment including Test Trenching of a a site proposed for development at Cappog, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan. Licence No.18E0449. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.