Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyle Beg, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyle Beg
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07964, -6.94440
- SMR number
- MO023-027----
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 just S of the summit of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S: 29.5m E-W) that slopes down to the S defined by an overgrown earthen bank with an outer fosse and an external field bank. There is an entrance (Wth of base 3.3m) and causeway (Wth of top 4m; H 0.6m) at ESE.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.