Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fairtahy, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fairtahy
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02727, -6.89814
- SMR number
- MO027-052----
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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 just off the crest of the NW-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34.5m NW-SE; 32m E-W) that slopes down slightly to the NW (H 1m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6-8m; int. H 1-1.1m; ext. H 1.3m at SE to 2.8m at NW) that is reduced to a scarp NNW-E. The bank is separated by a berm (Wth 1-3m) from an outer bank or field bank (Wth of base 1.6-3m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m) with an outer drain. The entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) through the inner bank and slight traces of a causeway (H 0.5m) is at ESE. The interior has become overgrown since 1967 (Bing 2013).
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.