Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dooraa (cremorne By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooraa (cremorne By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05109, -6.85971
- SMR number
- MO027-005----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 just off the S-facing crest of a broad drumlin. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 32m E-W) that slopes down steeply to the S (H 3.5m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2-8m; int. H 0.1m at SW to 1m at NE (upslope); ext. H 0.6m at NE to 1.3m at SW) that is covered in furze. A relict N-S field bank overlies the interior connecting with field banks outside approaching from the N and S. There is no visible fosse and the entrance gaps at W and NE are probably modern
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
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.