Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located just off the crest of the NW-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. An earthwork at this location in Lisnadarragh is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.4m NNW-SSE; 26m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth of base 3-3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m at S to 1.6m at N) with some bushes, that is incorporated into a stone-faced scarp and field bank (at ENE: H 1.5n) NNW-SE, and is reduced to a scarp (Wth 8m; H 3m) S-NW. There is a slightly raised rectangular platform (dims of top 8.2m N-S; 6.8m E-W; H 0.5m) inside the perimeter at N, which may be natural. An entrance gap (Wth of 1.3m) at NE might be the original entrance. It has become more 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

References

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