Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mullaghanee, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghanee
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mullaghanee fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08648, -6.71763
- SMR number
- MO025-008----
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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 summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This rath, or rath (MO025-009----) which is c. 170m to the ESE, is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 47.6m NE-SW; 39.6m NW-SE) that slopes down to the SE (H 1.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.2-4.6m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.5m at NW to 2.2m at SE) which is incorporated in a field bank SW-N, and a complete outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1-1.3m; D 0.3m). There is a widened entrance (Wth of base 4.1m) and causeway (Wth of top 6m; H 0.35m) at SE. The perimeter is truncated slightly be a NW-SE field bank at NE.
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
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.