Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annaneese, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaneese
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11729, -6.91372
- SMR number
- MO019-033----
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 the summit of a drumlin, with rath (MO019-034----) c. 100m to the NE. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 42m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 3.4m) that is damaged W-NW. The bank is accompanied by a fosse (at SE: Wth of top 4.9m; D 0.3m) ENE-S and SW-W, and there is an outer field bank that might incorporate an outer bank SW-W. The entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) is at ENE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.