Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumavan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumavan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10311, -7.27018
- SMR number
- MO021-004----
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
Situated at the S end of a short N-S drumlin ridge which is known as ‘Doon’, meaning a fort. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 27m NE-SW; 21.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H c. 2m) NNW-NE which is largely reduced to a scarp and hedge that has a field bank at its base WSW-WNW. The original entrance is not identified with certainly but it might be the gap (Wth of base 1m) at SSW. The interior has become overgrown since 1968 (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: 21 June 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.