Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Maghernakelly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maghernakelly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10903, -7.10106
- SMR number
- MO022-008----
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 on top of a drumlin. 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 an oval grass-covered area (dims 107m NW-SE; 69m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.2-1.3m; H 1.7-1.9m) and hedge, with a field bank at its base N-SSE replaced by a farm track SSE-WNW. An original entrance is not identified.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.