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Ringfort - rath

Aghnagap (Monaghan by; Monaghan par.), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghnagap (Monaghan by, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghnagap (Monaghan by; Monaghan par.)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.22772, -6.90064
SMR number
MO014-001----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 at the crest of the N-facing slope of a broad plateau. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a small subcircular field with a lane outside it NE-SE on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 38.2m NW-SE; 34.3m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 2.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) and hedge. There was no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The hedge had been removed SE-W-NW by 2000 (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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 23 February 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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