Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brackly (farney By), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackly (farney By)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03679, -6.75157
- SMR number
- MO028-028----
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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
Located on what is probably a knoll of rock outcrop towards the N end of a short NW-SE drumlin ridge overlooking Lough Nagarnaman, the S shore of which is c. 270m to the N. This is an oval overgrown area (dims 38m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 1m S-W to 3m generally) which is largely the natural slope, with slight traces of a bank on the perimeter at NE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance but the monument is probably a rath, and rath (MO028-029----) is c. 150m along the ridge to the SE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.