Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumhillagh (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhillagh (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09157, -6.93726
- SMR number
- MO023-028----
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 on a S-facing slope that is overlooking a col. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 28.5m E-W) that slopes down to the S defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.3m) planted with trees, and slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.5m) at SSE-S and W-N. There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) at SE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.