Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromore East, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromore East
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.15548, -6.99560
- SMR number
- MO018-014----
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
Located on a rise on the SW-facing spine of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. This is now a triangular haggard with trees on the perimeter but there is a slight scarp (Wth 0.75m; H 0.5m) crossing the interior. This feature cannot be traced outside the haggard.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.