Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumbroagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumbroagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00420, -6.75164
- SMR number
- MO028-107----
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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
Situated on a local prominence towards the SE end of an NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular overgrown area (dims 32m NE-SW; 27.2m NW-SE) that slopes down slightly to the SE (H 1.8m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.6-7.6m; int. H 0.7-1.4m; ext. H 1.9-2.4m), and an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.2m; ext. D 0.2m) ESE-W with traces of it elsewhere. The inner face of the bank is stone-lined SW-NNW, which is probably modern. A field bank, now removed, approaching from the NW incorporated the bank in an outer stone facing NW-ENE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.7m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.1m; H 0.4m) at SSE.
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: 8 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.