Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rebane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rebane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- frot
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04564, -6.87893
- SMR number
- MO027-003----
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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 at the crest of the E-facing slope at the NE summit of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 10-11m; int. H 0.9-1.4m; ext. H 2.5-2.7m) separated by an fosse (Wth of top 8-9m; Wth of base c. 2m; ext. D 0.7m-1.4m) from an outer field bank (at N: Wth of base 2.3m; ext. H 0.9m) with an outer stone facing NW-E, which is largely reduced to a low widely-spread mound (at S: Wth 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) E-S-NW. The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 3.2m) and causeway (Wth of top 5.2m; H 1.1m) is at SE but there is no gap in the outer bank here.
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: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 30 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.