Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Briscarnagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Briscarnagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11990, -7.20697
- SMR number
- MO017-058----
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
Situated on the SW tip of a NE-SW spur. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 23m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H c. 0.7m; ext. H 2-2.7m) and hedge with trees and a complete outer fosse (at E: Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 0.6m) that is frequently water-logged. The original entrance (Wth of base 2.7m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.9m; H c. 1m) are at S.
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: 9 May 2018
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.