Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cortober (cremorne By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cortober (cremorne By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04498, -6.92126
- SMR number
- MO027-015----
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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 summit of a drumlin overlooking the NW end of Black Lough. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 32m) defined by an earthen bank separated by a deep U-shaped fosse from an outer earthen bank (at N: Wth of top 6m) which may be modern and has an outer stone facing and an outer drain SSE-W-NNE. The interior is planted in coniferous trees with deciduous trees on the banks. There is a modern gap in the inner bank at W, but the original entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 3.5m) and a causeway (Wth at top 4.7m; H 1.3m) are at E but the entrance through the outer bank here is now closed.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.