Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annahuby, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annahuby
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.20151, -6.87471
- SMR number
- MO014-018----
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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 a hill described as ‘Fort Hill’ on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map that is at the SW edge of a broad plateau. This is a circular area (diam. 33.2m WNW-ESE; 32.4m NNE-SSW) used as a haggard which is defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.6m), with an outer fosse SE-W. There is an outer bank ESE-SW where it becomes incorporated in a field bank SW-W. The entrance (Wth of base 3m) and widened causeway are at SE. There is a farmhouse c. 10m to the N where archaeological testing (12E0007) produced no related material (Sweetman 2012).
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: 26 February 2018
References
Sweetman, P. D. 2012 Report on Archaeological Assessment at Annahuby, Co. Monaghan. Licence No. 12E0007. Unpublished report, Author.
Nearby in the register
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- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.