Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeve (monaghan By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeve (monaghan By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21785, -6.87770
- SMR number
- MO014-004----
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 on the brow of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular or oval grass-covered area (ext. dims 37m ENE-WSW; 31.5m NNW-SSE) defined by traces of a leveled earthen bank visible as a band of lighter growth (Wth c. 4.5m). There is no evidence of a fosse or of an original entrance. There is a small spud-stone or mill axle stone (diam. 04m; H 0.2m) with a central hollow (diam. 7cm; D 6cm) at the monument.
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 revised upload: 22 June 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 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.