Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toome (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toome (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.12276, -6.82603
- SMR number
- MO019-039----
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 just NW of the summit of a NW-SE ridge with a higher NW-SE ridge c. 130m to the NE and it is also overlooking Toome or Crinkill Lough which is to the S. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 39m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (at ENE: H 1.1m) and hedge. The original entrance is not identified, and the perimeter W-N-E had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.