Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rackwallace, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rackwallace
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22153, -6.89357
- SMR number
- MO014-003----
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 just E of the summit of a drumlin. This is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 39.4m NW-SE; 35.4m NE-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 6.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H c. 4m), and an outer fosse (at E: Wth of base 3.7m; ext. D 0.7m) which has a field bank outside it WSW-N-ENE. The entrance (Wth of base 4.5m) which has been widened, and causeway (Wth of top 2m; H c. 0.5m) are at ESE. The interior has become overgrown since 1968 (OSAP: 1995).
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.