Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnana (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnana (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13874, -7.22482
- SMR number
- MO016-007----
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 at the SW end of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 22.5m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base c. 3m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H 1.5-2m) and hedge that is reduced to a scarp at W, and a fosse (Wth of top ) N-E-SW. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.5m) but no causeway at NE. Inside the bank at N there is a sunken area (dims of top 13.5m; E-W; 4.5m N-S; D 0.5m), but its function is not clear. The monument has become overgrown since 1968 (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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 4 May 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.