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Ringfort - rath

Drumguillew Upper, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumguillew Upper, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumguillew Upper
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.09862, -6.81403
SMR number
MO024-011----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the most westerly summit of three on a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer overgrown bank, which is incorporated into a field bank NE-S. There are many gaps in both banks but the original entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.4m) bank and a causeway (Wth of top c. 4m; H 0.4m) are at E. There is a circular hut-site (diam. 7-8m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m) at the centre but an entrance to it is not identified.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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