Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Radeerpark, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Radeerpark
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Radeerpark fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14713, -7.19441
- SMR number
- MO017-034----
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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 the summit of a broad plateau and towards its E edge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40-42m) with some scrub defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 1m generally to 1.5m at S; ext. H 3-4m), with an outer fosse (Wth c. 3m; ext. D 0.3-0.6m) S-W-NE. The original entrance (Wth of base 3.5m) is at SE and there is a modern one at S. Inside the bank at N is a grass-covered depression (dims 14.2m N-S; 3.4m E-W; D 0.5m), which might be a collapsed souterrain although there is no evidence of stones.
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
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.