Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumlane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08900, -6.80882
- SMR number
- MO024-023----
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 at the tip of a short N-S spur on the S side of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.5m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base c. 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.7m) and an outer fosse, with an outer field bank SSW-N-E. The entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at SE. By 1995 much of the perimeter had been removed W-N-S (OSAP). Archaeological testing (98E0499) for the line of an E-W water pipe c. 50m N of the monument produced no related material (Byrne 2000).
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
Byrne, M. E. 2000 Drumlane: Environs of ringfort. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 171, No. 537, Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.