Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanco (farney By., Magheross Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanco (farney By., Magheross Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99947, -6.83366
- SMR number
- MO027-101----
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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 on a slight rise towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 50m N-S; c. 30m E-W) is depicted on the W side of a NNE-SSW field boundary only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in improved pasture.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.