Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lattacrossan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lattacrossan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10531, -7.23285
- SMR number
- MO021-010----
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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
The following 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.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Circular area (c. 25.7m NE-SW; 27.5m NW-SE) surrounded by earthen bank with external fosse. No visible trace of original entrance.
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
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- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.