Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Roosky (monaghan By., Drumsnat Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roosky (monaghan By., Drumsnat Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.21106, -7.05546
- SMR number
- MO013-012----
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 at the E tip of a W-E spur. This is a slightly raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 25.7m E-W; 25.2m N-S) defined by a scarp (at E: H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. The monument is overlain by a N-S field bank towards the perimeter at W, and does not survive W of this feature which turns SW at S so that the perimeter only survives NNW-E-SW.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 22 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.