Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ellinure, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ellinure
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16009, -7.18625
- SMR number
- MO017-024----
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
Situated at the crest of the N-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. It is depicted as an oval wooded feature described as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 and as an oval field on the 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was described in 1968 as an oval grass-covered area (dims 64.5m NE-SW; 38.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; H c. 1-1.5m) and hedge with entrance gaps at NE (Wth of base 1.6m) and WSW (Wth of base 1.6m), but there was no visible fosse. It had been removed by 1995 (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: 8 May 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.