Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Descart (dartree By), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Descart (dartree By)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.15942, -7.04993
- SMR number
- MO018-006----
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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 top of a drumlin. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. It had been removed c. 1900 and no archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture, apart from a curve in the field bank (diam. c. 50m) NNE-E-SSW. The track of the bank can be seen as a parch mark SSE-W-NNE (dim. c. 40-45m E-W) with traces of an outer fosse visible as lush grass on the digiglobe image.
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: 18 June 2018
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