Ringfort - rath

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).