Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shantony, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shantony
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04584, -6.91490
- SMR number
- MO027-016----
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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 a circular overgrown area (diam. 38m NNW-SSE; 35m ENE-WSW) within woodland defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.4-6.4m; int. H 0.6-0.9m; ext. H 2.1m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.2m; D 0.6m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 2-4m; H 0.5m) ESE-S-NW. The inner bank is replaced by a field bank (Wth of base 4.4m; H 0.6-0.8m) and the fosse by an outer drain (Wth of base 1m; D 0.3m) WSW-N-ENE. There is a modern entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.2m; H 0.5m) at W but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.9m) and causeway (Wth of top 1.8m; H 0.25m) is probably that at ESE.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.