Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brackagh (farney By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackagh (farney By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05994, -6.69998
- SMR number
- MO025-035----
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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 SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a D-shaped grass and furze-covered area (dims 41m NW-SE; 29m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5.4-6.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.5-1.6m) ESE-W-NNW frequently reduced to an external scarp (at SW: H 2.8m). The original entrance is likely to be that at SW (Wth of base 2.3m). The rath is cut by a NW-SE field bank with a drain on the SW side 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.