Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killynenagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killynenagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10104, -7.16810
- SMR number
- MO022-013----
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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
Located just off the crest of the S-facing slope of the broad summit of a drumlin. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 54m NW-SE; 45.5m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SE and is defined by an earthen bank W-NE and a scarp (H 0.6-1.2m) elsewhere. The perimeter is planted with a hedge SE-W-NW and the fosse (at NE: Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.4m) NW-NE is replaced by an outer field drain SE-W-NW. There is a modern gap at NNW but the 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
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.