Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cormoy (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cormoy (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17004, -7.12199
- SMR number
- MO017-015----
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 a slight shelf towards the top of the W-facing slope of NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. An embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. Slight traces of a circular enclosure defined by a low bank were visible in 1942 (SMR file) and a grass-covered rise (diam. c. 27m) was still visible in 1968. It is faintly visible as a circular enclosure defined by two fosse features (ext. diam. c. 40m) is visible on OSI aerial images (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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 8 May 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.