Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumganus Upper, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumganus Upper
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06207, -6.69311
- SMR number
- MO025-036----
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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 summit of a short NW-SE drumlin ridge. A circular enclosure is depicted here at Drumganus Upper on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793), and an embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted also on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'fort' in gothic lettering. The area is now bisected by a NW-SE field bank and hedge but at the N end it changes direction to NNW-SSE. A small section of an earthen bank (L 2m; H 1m) projects W from the field bank at this point.
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.
Revised by: Claire Breen, 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).
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.