Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullyglass, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyglass
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04368, -6.83366
- SMR number
- MO027-031----
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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 SE end of a short NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 8.6- 9.4m; int. H 1.4-1.7m; ext. H 2.7-3m) with some trees and furze separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.5-8m; ext. D 1.4-1.8m) from an outer bank, which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth of base 4-4.5m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) and hedge E-S-W, but had been removed elsewhere by 1995 OSAP). The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.3m) bank and a causeway (Wth of top 2.9m) are at E but no gap can be seen in the field bank outside. A quarry has been dug though the inner bank at WSW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.