Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Black Island (dartree By; Ematris Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Black Island (dartree By; Ematris Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09677, -7.05600
- SMR number
- MO023-004----
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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 the summit of the eastern hill of Black island. This rath is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 (scrub-covered ‘fort’) and 1907 (Hachured in woodland) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Black Island separates Inner Lough to the N from Dromore Lough to the S. The rath was on the demesne of Dawson Grove and would have been in view of the old house c. 1km to the WNW.
This is a circular area (diam. 60m E-W; 56.6m N-S) in a coniferous forest defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 4.4m; Wth of top 1.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.45m) that is largely reduced to an external scarp (at SW: Wth 2.5m; H 1.8m), with traces of an external fosse (at SW: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.4m) E-S-W . 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: 19 June 2018
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.