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
- 54.03549, -6.74991
- SMR number
- MO028-029----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 towards the N end of a short NW-SE drumlin ridge overlooking Lough Nagarnaman, the S shore of which is c. 350m to the N. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 33m N-S) that slopes down gently to the SE (H 1.4m), which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2-5.6m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 1.2m at N to 2.4m at S) with some bushes, and an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 3.8m; D 0.2m) that are best preserved W-N across the ridge. The entrance (Wth of base 3m) is at 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.