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
- 54.17842, -7.16065
- SMR number
- MO012-069----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a low-lying area with a mill-race skirting the perimeter S-W and there was a large mill-pond immediately to the W. It is depicted as an oval wooded feature described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval hachured feature on the 1907 edition, by which time the mill-race and pond had been built. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 33.3m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by an earthen scarp (at W: Wth 1.4m; H 1.7m) and hedge. The original entrance is not identified.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.