Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rakeeragh (dartree By., Ematris Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rakeeragh (dartree By., Ematris Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15128, -7.01079
- SMR number
- MO018-021----
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 slight NW-SE ridge at the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 31.7m N-S) defined by a regular earthen bank (Wth of base 2.2-2.3m; int. H 0.6-0.75m; ext. H 1.6m), with no visible fosse. There is a modern entrance at WNW and another entrance (Wth of base 1m) at SE could also be modern. It was converted into a tree-ring by planting beech trees inside the bank.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.