Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Edenforan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edenforan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09429, -6.92158
- SMR number
- MO024-038----
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 crest of the S-facing slope of a plateau. It is depicted as a subcircular feature on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a subcircular hachured feature on a revision of that map made in 1858. It is depicted as an area of scrub on the 1907 edition, and it is known locally as a fort. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H 1.2m at NW to2m at SE and SW) and hedge N-S-W that melds into the slope elsewhere, with an outer fosse or drain (Wth 0.7m) E-S. There is a cattle gap at NE, but the original entrance is not evident.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.