Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumloughlin, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumloughlin
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12673, -7.03777
- SMR number
- MO018-036----
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 at the crest of the SW-facing slope of a summit on an E-W drumlin ridge. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 49.5m NE-SW; 32m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank NNE-ENE that is largely reduced to an external scarp (at SE: H 2.3m) with some furze. There is an external fosse (at SE: Wth of top 2.8m; Wth of base 1.4m; ext. D 1m) that is largely absent WSW-WNW because of the steep natural slope. The original entrance is not identified. Rath (MO018-037----) is c. 60m to the NE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.