Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanco (dartree By., Killeevan Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanco (dartree By., Killeevan Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17689, -7.15561
- SMR number
- MO012-072----
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
Situated on top of a drumlin. This was described in 1968 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 34.5m N-S) defined by a grass-covered scarp (at N: Wth 4m; H 1.3m) that was incorporated into a field bank (at SW: Wth 1.7m; H 1.8m) and hedge S-W. There was no visible fosse or entrance. The field bank had been removed by 1995 (OSAP), but the vegetation mark reveals evidence of a fosse with a wide break, perhaps for a causeway at WNW.
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.