Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Keeneraboy, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keeneraboy
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05664, -6.66504
- SMR number
- MO025-041----
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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 towards the W end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 45.5m ENE-WSW; 37m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 2.9m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.7m) separated by a fosse (at NE: Wth of base 2.2m; ext. D 0.7m) NW-E and ESE-SW from an outer bank (at NE: Wth of base 2.7m; ext. H 1m) that is only visible NNW-E. The original entrance is probably the gap (Wth of base 2.1m) at E. The site of rath (MO025-042----) is c. 50m to the E.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.