Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Crossbane, County Monaghan, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.