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Ringfort - rath

Lurganboy (Dartry By), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lurganboy, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lurganboy (Dartry By)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.12284, -7.19996
SMR number
MO017-059----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the summit of a hill that has a lower spur to the SW with the rath (MO017-058----) at its tip c. 500m distant and a lower spur to the E that has the rath (MO017-060----) at its tip c. 400m distant. 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 and rush-covered area (diam. 49m WNW-ESE; 46m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.7-c. 1.4m; ext. H 1.8m at E to c. 4m W-N) and hedge that is flush with the interior at NE and SW. The bank is surrounded by an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 2m; ext. D 1.4-2m) that has been filled in NE-SE. The entrance (Wth of base 4.8m) is at ESE, and the fosse is surrounded by a field bank and road SE-SW and a farm lane SW-NW.

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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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