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Enclosure - large enclosure

Crossbane, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Crossbane, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Crossbane
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Caldragh fort
Latest-edition OS map
Caldragh fort
Coordinates
54.14555, -7.18489
SMR number
MO017-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the tip of a short S-N spur with a central ridge. It is represented as a large embanked oval enclosure on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Caldragh fort’. This is a large oval, grass-covered area (dims 96m NNE-SSW; 69.5m ENE-WS) defined by a field bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 1m) SE-SSW and a scarp (at WNW: Wth 1.7m; H 2m) and hedge elsewhere, with an external fosse or drain (at WNW: Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.3m) NW-N-SE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) at SE. Although the name ‘Caldragh’ suggests a burial ground there is no evidence of one.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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