Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumee, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumee
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15114, -7.15791
- SMR number
- MO017-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 E summit of an E-W drumlin ridge. This rath or the one in Clondinnery (MO017-038----) could be the earthwork depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793). This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 42m E-W; 38.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (int. H c. 0.2m at S) that is largely reduced to an external scarp (H c. 2-2.5m), and an external flat-bottomed fosse that can be seen (Wth 2.5-3m; ext. D 0.6-1m) SW-NNE but its outer edge is obscured by a field bank elsewhere. The entrance is probably at E where there is a wide opening (Wth of base 9.2m). The monument is unplanted in a coniferous forest (OSAP 2005).
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
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.