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Ringfort - rath

Corcullioncrew, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Corcullioncrew, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Corcullioncrew
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fot
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.05859, -6.65288
SMR number
MO025-043001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located just off the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge on the S side. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 40.5m ENE-WSW; 36.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H c. 1.5-2m) and hedge that has external facing stones WSW-N. There are traces of an outer fosse that are best preserved (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.3m; ext. D 1m) SE-S. The modern entrance (Wth 4m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.8m) at SE may be on the site of the original. There is a local tradition of an underground passage that might be a souterrain (MO025-043002-) SW of the centre but there is no physical evidence of this.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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