Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carrickagarvan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickagarvan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09369, -6.72688
- SMR number
- MO025-007----
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 E edge of a shelf on a slight NE-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Slight traces of an oval enclosure (dims 32m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) E-SW-NW were visible in 1984, but there was no visible fosse or identifiable entrance. The enclosure had been removed in a quarry by 1995 (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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.