Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crover (farney By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crover (farney By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05769, -6.72006
- SMR number
- MO025-034----
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 the E shoulder of an E-W ridge. This is a circular grass and fern-covered area (diam. 36.8m E-W; 35.4m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.8m-5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.3-2.7m), with traces of an outer stone facing NNE-E-SSW and occasional traces of an outer fosse (at SW: Wth 1.4m; D 0.1m). The original entrance (Wth of base 2.4m), now partly blocked, is at ESE. The interior had become largely overgrown 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.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.