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
- 54.11812, -6.91203
- SMR number
- MO019-034----
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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 on the NE-facing slope of a drumlin, with the rath (MO019-033----) on the summit c. 100m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37.5m WNW-ESE; 33.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.85m) planted with beech trees. The bank is reduced to an outer scarp with a field bank at its base NNW-E, and the field bank is continued by facings stones on the outer face or the rath bank SE-W-NNW. There is no visible fosse and the entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at SE.
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.