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Ringfort - rath

Fairfield Demesne, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Fairfield Demesne, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Fairfield Demesne
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Lisnaspeenan
Coordinates
54.10839, -7.03885
SMR number
MO023-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 at the crest of a SW-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m NW-SE: 28.5m NE-SW) planted with some deciduous trees and defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m at E to c. 1.8m at N) separated by a fosse (Wth of base c. 2m) from an outer bank (at SSE: Wth of base 5.5m; Wth of top 2.8m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m). The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 3m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.2m; H 0.4m) are at SE. It remains unplanted with its original trees within a coniferous forest (Digitalglobe image).

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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