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Ringfort - rath

Dooraa (farney By.), County Monaghan, Ireland

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Townland
Dooraa (farney By.)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.05070, -6.76057
SMR number
MO028-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 SE end of the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This was described in 1967 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m ENE-WSW; 32.4m N-S) that sloped down to the S (H 3m) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) that morphs into a field bank (at N: Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m) W-N, and an outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2.4m; ext. D 0.2m; at S: Wth of top 4m; ext. D 0.2m). There were gaps in the perimeter at N, SE and W, but the original entrance was probably that (Wth of base 1.8m) at ENE. The perimeter NW-E S had been removed by 2000 (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.

Date of revision: 6 December 2017

References

OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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