Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Milltown, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13557, -7.04107
- SMR number
- MO018-034----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on one of the summits of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular domed area (diam. 36m NNE-SSW; 35m WNW-ESE) planted in coniferous trees which is defined by a re-shaped earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 1.8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m), with a drain at its outer base WNW-N-ENE but there is no evidence of a fosse. The original entrance is probably the ramp (Wth of base 1.2m) at SE. There is a circular platform (diam. 12m N-S; 12m E-W) H 0.3m) at the centre that could be a hut-site.
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
- Hut siteunder 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.