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Hilltop enclosure

Magherashaghry, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hilltop enclosure, Magherashaghry, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Magherashaghry
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.10761, -7.17892
SMR number
MO022-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a rise towards the N edge of a broad NE-SW drumlin ridge. It is depicted as a large oval embanked enclosure on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and as a large hachured oval feature on the 1907 edition. This is a large oval grass-covered area (dims 138m NW-SE; 94m NE-SW) defined by a low bank or scarp (Wth 2m; H 1.4-1.8m) with a hedge, stretches of an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 3.3m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.5m), and an external bank at WNW (Wth of base 5m; Wth of top 1.8m; ext. H 1.4m). An original entrance is not identified and It is surrounded by a field bank ENE-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: 20 June 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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