Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickaslane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickaslane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16574, -6.76418
- SMR number
- MO020-001----
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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 top of a drumlin. McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) shows an earthwork enclosure on top of a hill at Carrickaslane, but it is not depicted on any other map. No archaeological feature is visible on any aerial images and its precise classification is not known, but it is likely to be a rath. Its precise location is also not known.
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
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.