Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Beagh (cremorne By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beagh (cremorne By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04566, -6.81907
- SMR number
- MO027-033----
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
Located towards the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34.6m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-6.5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.4-2.1m) with some bushes and trees separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.3-6m; ext. D 0.6-1.4m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 4.6-5m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m) that has an outer stone facing. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.5m) bank and a causeway (Wth of top 4.1m) H 1.4m) is at SSE, but there is no opening at this point in the outer bank
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
- Souterrainunder 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.