Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumlona, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlona
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11087, -7.02480
- SMR number
- MO023-006----
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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 just off the crest at the SE end of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular overgrown area (dims c. 29m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of base 3.9m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.2m), with no visible fosse but there is an outer drain NW-E. The bank is largely reduced to an external scarp (at WNW: H 1.5m), and 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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.