Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Formil (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formil (cremorne By., Aghnamullen Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06196, -6.87922
- SMR number
- MO024-030----
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. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. 39m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer overgrown earthen bank. The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 1.8m) and a causeway (Wth of top 3.1m; H 1.3m) are at ESE but the entrance in the outer bank is closed. There is a large modern T-shaped depression in the N interior of the rath.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.