Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dawson Grove Demesne, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dawson Grove Demesne
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08951, -7.08458
- SMR number
- MO022-020----
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 at the crest of the W-facing summit of Dromore Hill. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 43m) defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer earthen bank. It had been utilised as a tree-ring at one time and in 1968 it had recently been planted with coniferous trees. These had been cut by 1995 and have never been replanted (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.