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Ringfort - rath

Coolmannan, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolmannan, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolmannan
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.13463, -6.81830
SMR number
MO019-029----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the top of the S-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 65m N-S) with bushes on the perimeter is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. An E-W farm lane passes through its N interior. It is depicted as a subrectangular field (dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) on the 1907 edition. Within this field are faint traces of an arc of a circular enclosure N-E represented by a scarp and drain (Chord c. 30m NW-NE) is overlaid by an ENE-WSW farm track.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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