Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monalia, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monalia
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03141, -6.71944
- SMR number
- MO028-066----
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 on the tip of a NW-SE spur. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 33m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank W-NW (Wth 7m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) and a complete outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 8.4m; ext. D 1.2m), but the bank is reduced to an external scarp (at SE: Wth 6m; H 1.9m) over most of the perimeter. The entrance (Wth 4.3m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.5m; H 0.4m) are at E.
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
- Enclosureunder 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.