Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located just off the crest of a NW-facing slope on the summit of a SE-NW spur. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 36m NE-SW; 31.2m NW-SE) that slopes down to the NW (H 2.2m). It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SE: Wth 7m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.3m) NE-S-SW that is reduced to a scarp (at NW: Wth 6m; H 2.8m) elsewhere. There is an outer U-shaped fosse (at SE: Wth of top 5.3m; ext. D 1.9m) and external bank (at SE: Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-N-SE, but the fosse is reduced to a berm (at NW: Wth 4m) and the bank to a scarp (at NW: Wth 2m; H 1.6m) elsewhere (ext. dim. 50m NE-SW). An entrance gap (Wth of base 1.8m) in the inner bank at E may be original. The interior has become overgrown since 1967 (Bing 2013).

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