Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Maghernakelly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maghernakelly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10514, -7.09480
- SMR number
- MO022-009----
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 towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 34.5m N-S) that slopes down to the S and is defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.45m) that is largely reduced to an external scarp. There is an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 2.5m; Wth of base 1.9m; D 0.3m) W-NE that has been deepened W-N where it has an outer field bank. There are several gaps in the bank but the original entrance is not identified. Archaeological testing (06E1132) immediately to the N produced no related material (Roynane 2009).
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
Amended: 14 January 2020
References
Roynane, J. 2009 1767. Gortakeeghan. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 445. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.