Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardragh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardragh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00513, -6.84720
- SMR number
- MO027-097----
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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 at the NW end of a NW-SE ridge. This is a raised oval grass-covered area (diam. 33m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank best preserved (Wth of base 5.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m) NW-N, and an outer scarp (at SW: H 2m; at NE: H 2.7m; at SE: H 0.7m) and hedge elsewhere. There is an outer berm (Wth 1.2m) separating the base of the bank from an outer NE-SW field bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3-0.9m ext. H 0.3-1.2m) at NW and a berm (Wth 3m) between the bank and a NE-SW field bank (Wth c. 6m; H 1.2-1.6m) at SE. The original entrance is not identified.
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: 1 February 2018
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.