Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullynacross, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullynacross
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.00966, -6.69314
- SMR number
- MO028-120----
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 crest of, and towards the S end of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. An embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and as a small hachured feature on the 1907 edition. There is a small overgrown enclosure defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 1.25m) which may be a quarry but there is no evidence of a larger enclosure.
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: 11 December 2017
Revised by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.