Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumgaze, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgaze
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09989, -7.21440
- SMR number
- MO022-010----
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-covered area (diam. 46m N-S; 42m E-W) that slopes down to the S, and its N part is completely overgrown. It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.1m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.45m) NW-E that is largely reduced to an external scarp elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 1.2m) SW-N-ESE which is replaced by a farm lane ESE-SW. The widened entrance (Wth of base 3m) is at SSE.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.