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
- 54.09018, -6.80359
- SMR number
- MO024-024----
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 shoulder of the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This was described in 1968 as an overgrown circular area (diam. 41m NNW-SSE; 38m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank at NW, which was largely reduced to a scarp (at NE: H 1.8m) with an outer fosse at NW across the spine of the ridge. There were many gaps in the bank but the original entrance was not identified. The SW part of the monument had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). Archaeological monitoring (98E0500) within 50m of the rath 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 538. Drumlane II. Environs of ringfort. in I. Bennett (ed.) Escavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 171. Bray, Wordwell
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.