Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shankill (cremorne By), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankill (cremorne By)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02179, -6.88291
- SMR number
- MO027-063----
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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
Situated off the NW crest of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.8m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) that slopes down in every direction (H 1.6-1.8m) except to the SE defined by a stone-faced scarp (H 0.8m at NW to 1.7-2m generally) with some bushes and trees S-W-E and an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3m) with an outer stone facing and slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth 2.8m; ext. D 0.2m) across the drumlin ridge E-S. The original entrance is not identified, but the perimeter at NW has been quarried and there are old grass-covered quarries in the interior.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.