Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Formil (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formil (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09089, -6.73623
- SMR number
- MO025-006----
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 at the crest of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This was described in 1967 (SMR file) as a circular grass and fern-covered area (diam. 34m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) that sloped down to the SE defined by a furze-covered earthen bank (Wth of base c. 3m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H c. 1.5m), and an outer fosse that was re-cut as a drain (Wth of base 1.2m; ext. D 0.4m) E-S-W. The original entrance was not identified. It had been removed by 2000 (OSAP).
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 27 February 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.