Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killarue, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killarue
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01713, -6.75649
- SMR number
- MO028-098----
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 top of the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. It is depicted as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. It is also represented as the SW half of a hachured enclosure on the 1907 edition. It survives as a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 25m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (at SE: Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) SE-S-NW. There is no visible fosse or evidence of the monument NE of a NW-SE field bank.
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: 17 July 2007
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.