Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corlygorm, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corlygorm
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- forts
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03417, -6.71333
- SMR number
- MO028-036----
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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 top of the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. c. 35m N-S; c. 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m), with an outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 4.6m; Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.8m) ENE-SW and a slight external bank SE-SW. The entrance (Wth of base 1.6m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.9m; H 1.2m) are at ESE. A rectangular grass and scrub-covered annexe (dims 33m NE-SW; 27 NW-SE at SW to 36m NW-SE at NE) is attached to the NW. It is defined by scarps at SW and NE (Wth 3.2m; H 2.6m) and by an earthen bank at NW.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.