Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghlane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghlane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02242, -6.80927
- SMR number
- MO027-079----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a broad hill at NE. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) that slopes down slightly to the NE defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4m; int. H 0.4m at NE to 1.6m at SW (upslope); ext. H 0.2m at SW to 1m at NE), with an outer stone facing W-E-S. There is no visible fosse and the entrance at SE (Wth of base 1.5m) is probably original. The monument is overlain by a NW-SE field wall towards the perimeter at SW.
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.