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Ringfort - rath

Crossreagh, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Crossreagh, 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
Crossreagh
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.14705, -7.17359
SMR number
MO017-036----

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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

Situated at the SE summit of a broad NW-SE drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 32m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H c. 0.2-0.4m; ext. H c. 2.8-c. 3.4m) with some bushes and a complete outer fosse that is best seen (Wth 2.5-3m; ext. D ) SW-NW but obscured in large part by an external field bank. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.3m; H 0.7m) are at SE. Inside a gap in the bank at SW are two slight circular depressions (diam. c. 4-5m; D 0.6m) with grass-covered mounds beside them that are probably quarries.
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

McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).

Nearby in the register

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

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