Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on one of the summits of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This rath is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 43m NE-SW; 35.5m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank separated by a wide and deep fosse from a raised berm that has banks on its inner and outer edges separated by a berm (Wth c. 3m to c. 5m at NE. There is an entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 3m) and a causeway (Wth of top 4.3m; H 1.1m) at ESE but a the gap (Wth c. 8m) in the raised berm is blocked. There is a depression (dims 11.5m NNW-SSE; 4.3m E-W; max. D 1.1m) extending from the centre to a modern gap in the inner bank at NNW.

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).