Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumlurg, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlurg
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02656, -6.73403
- SMR number
- MO028-063----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a S-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered raised area (diam. 38m WWN-SSE; 36m ENE-WSW) that slopes down to the S (H 2.2m). It is defined by a furze-covered earthen bank NW-E (upslope, at N: Wth 7.4m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1m), which is reduced almost to a scarp elsewhere (at S: Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 3.8m). There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.