Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dooraa (farney By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooraa (farney By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05285, -6.76434
- SMR number
- MO028-001----
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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 the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a raised, oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 39.2m NW-SE; 29.4m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-6.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 2.4-2.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.5; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.9m at N to 1.7m at S) from an outer earthen and overgrown bank (Wth 4-4.6m; ext. H 1.5-1.7m). The original entrance is not identified (ext. dim. 51m N-S).
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.
Date of revision: 6 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.