Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumbaragh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumbaragh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17189, -7.12660
- SMR number
- MO012-076----
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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 NE end of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This rath is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on later OS 6-inch maps. It is an oval grass-covered area (dims c. 33m N-S; c. 25m E-W) that slopes down slightly to the E defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.1m at N to c. 0.9m at S; ext. H 1.5 at E to c. 2-2.5m W-N) with an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 1.5m) NW-NE and SE-SW. The entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.6m; H 1m) is at NNE. Scrub had been removed from the perimeter by 1995 (OSAP).
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: 30 January 2018
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.