Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghnaglogh (monaghan By; Kilmore Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghnaglogh (monaghan By; Kilmore Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18084, -6.99195
- SMR number
- MO013-038----
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 S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 43m ENE-WSW; 40m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3-4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m at E to 1.5m generally) that is reduced to a scarp (at SSE: H 1.4m) SE-W, and the remains of an external fosse that is best seen SSE-SW. There are entrances at NE and ESE, but the original entrance is not identified. A depression (max. L 18m; max. Wth 6.4m; max. D 1.75m) that extends S from the centre to the perimeter may be an old quarry.
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: 23 February 2018
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.