Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mount Carmel, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mount Carmel
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09193, -6.98528
- SMR number
- MO023-010----
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 towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. It is depicted as a circular enclosure with trees on the perimeter and a house just to the W on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and it is represented as a small hachured feature on the 1907 edition. This is a circular area (diam. 27.3m NW-SE: 27m NE-SW) planted in trees, which is defined by a slight earthen bank. The perimeter is skirted by a farm lane E-SW.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.