Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeve (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeve (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fprt
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09854, -6.89788
- SMR number
- MO024-007----
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
Situated on top of a drumlin. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure described as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and represented by a curving field bank S-W-NE on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1983 as a slightly raised overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a stone-faced scarp. The scrub had been cleared by 2000 but a field bank and hedge still remains S-W-N (OSAP 2005).
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: 9 May 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.