Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corduff (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corduff (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Corduff fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14154, -7.09323
- SMR number
- MO017-048----
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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
Situated on the summit of a hill. This rath is depicted as an earthwork 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-covered area (diam. 30.5m) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 3.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.5m) that is largely reduced to a scarp (H c. 0.75-c. 1.5m) with no visible fosse. There is a farm track at the base of the scarp SSW-NNW connecting with an entrance (Wth of base 1.2m) at NW. It has become overgrown since 1968 and farm buildings impinge on it at W (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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.