Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corratanty, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corratanty
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.14692, -6.76020
- SMR number
- MO020-006----
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. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted here on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. This is a small grass-covered area (diam. c. 17m NE-SW) defined by a curve in the field bank N-E and traces of a fosse at S (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.5m). The entrance may be a slight dip in the perimeter 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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.