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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15640, -7.04743
- SMR number
- MO018-007----
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 a slight rise at the bottom of a SE-facing slope and overlooking a small N-S stream which is c. 30m to the E. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 40.5m NNE-SSW; 37m WNW-ESE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 3.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) SE-W-NNE that is reduced to a scarp elsewhere. There are slight traces of a fosse (at N: Wth 1.3m; D 0.2m) that has been re-cut as a drain SSW-NW. There is a modernised entrance (Wth of base 1.5m) at S that might be on the site of the original. The interior has become overgrown since 1968 (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: 18 June 2018
Oval area (40.5m NNE-SSW; 37m WNW-ESE) surrounded by earthen bank with external fosse. Gap at E may be original.
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
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