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
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14079, -7.08783
- SMR number
- MO017-049----
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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 WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. 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 an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 48m NEW-SE; c. 37m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H c. 0.9m; ext. H c. 2-2.5m) and hedge SW-NW and E-SE where it crosses the ridge but is largely reduced to a scarp and hedge. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of top 3.4m) S-WNW visible largely as lush vegetation. The entrance is a wide gap (Wth of base 3.9m) at NNE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.