Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghlane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghlane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02488, -6.79448
- SMR number
- MO027-081----
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 on a rise on a NE-facing slope. This was described in 1967 as a circular area (diam. 20.5m ENE-WSW; 20m NW-SE) planted in coniferous trees that sloped from the centre down to the SE (H 1.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-4m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.7-1m) that was replaced SSW-WNW by a WNW-ESE field bank. There was no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth 2.4m) at SE was stone-lined. It had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.