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Ringfort - rath

Shankill (Cremorne By), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Shankill, 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
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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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

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

Nearby in the register

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

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