Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilnacran, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnacran
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19287, -6.90057
- SMR number
- MO014-024----
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 on top of a hill with farm buildings immediately to the NE. It was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a raised and circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 35m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at N: H 2m; at SW: Wth 4m; H 1.7m). The original entrance was not identified and there was no visible fosse as farm buildings abutted the base of the scarp N-E and it was skirted by a farm lane E-S-W. There was a field bank at the base of the scarp W-N. The interior was occupied by a large farm shed obliterating the S part of the monument by 1995 (OSAP) while the N part became paved.
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
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.