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Ringfort - rath

Clonavogy (Farney by), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Clonavogy, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Clonavogy (Farney by)
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.05431, -6.71488
SMR number
MO028-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the summit of a drumlin. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). It is represented as a circular embanked enclosure described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and as a sub-circular or D-shaped feature on the 1907 edition. This is a circular or subrectangular grass-covered area (dims 44m NE-SW; 37.5m NNW-SSE) that slopes down to the SE (H c. 2m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank NW-N (Wth of base 10m; int. H 2m; ext. H 4m) that is reduced to an internal lip (H 0.5m) and external scarp (Wth 4m; H 4m) at S. A fosse (Wth of top 7-10.5m; ext. D 1m at S to 3m at N) separates it from an outer bank (at N: Wth of base 6.5m; Wth of top 2m; ext. H 1m) that is much reduced (Wth of base 5m; ext. H 2m) at S. There is a slight outer fosse (Wth of top 5m; ext. D 0.5m) at N (max. ext. diam. 68m N-S). The entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) though the inner bank and the remains of a causeway are at ESE.

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

McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).

Nearby in the register

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

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