Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cornasassonagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornasassonagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03620, -6.82419
- SMR number
- MO027-037----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. An oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 40m E-W; c. 33m N-S) described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ is depicted only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a slightly raised rectangular area (dims 28m N-S; 28m E-W) with a slight curve in the bordering field bank SE-SW.
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: 31 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.