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Ringfort - rath

Lisirril, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisirril, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisirril
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.03794, -6.87521
SMR number
MO027-046----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 on top of a drumlin. This rath is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on later OS 6-inch maps. It is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 27.5m N-S) that slopes down gently to the N (H 1.3m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 2.5-3.6m; int. H 1.1-1.5m; ext. H 0.8-1m) with a distinct break in slope distinguishing it from a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.6-6m; Wth of base 1.4-1.6m; int. D 1.7-2.4m; ext. D 0.6m at N to 1.8m at S), and an outer overgrown bank (Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.7m) that only survives SE-W-NNW. There is a large entrance (Wth of base 2.1m) in the inner bank and a causeway (Wth of top 5m; H 0.6m) at SE. A N-S depression inside the perimeter at NW that cuts through the bank is probably a robbed souterrain. It consists of a grass-covered channel (dims 6.4m NNW-SSE; 2.5m E-W; D 1m) with a spur (L 4.5m; Wth 3.3m; D 1.4m) extending W from its centre.

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

References

McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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