Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Michael Moore
- Coordinates
- 54.16088, -6.80086
- SMR number
- MO019-009----
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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 towards the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s Map of the county of Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.4m NW-SE; 29.8m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 5.2m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.8m) with some bushes but no visible trace of a fosse. A field bank is built against the base of this scarp all around. There are several gaps through bank but the original entrance is not identifiable. Running SSW from the centre is a depression (dims 11.6m NNE-SSW; 5.7m WNW-ESE; max. D 1.35m) with a spur (dims WNW-ESE 4.3m; 4.4m NNE-SSW; max. D 0.8m) off its W side. This could be a destroyed souterrain, although there is no evidence of stone.
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: 22 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.