Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumny, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumny
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01312, -6.64432
- SMR number
- MO028-133----
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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 a NW-facing slope. This is a subcircular area (dims 27m NW-SE; 22.5m ENE-WSW) which slopes down to the SW. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-6m; int. 0.2m at WSW to H 1.4m at ENE; ext. H 1.7-1.8m) that is incorporated into a field bank with an external stone facing NNW-SE-W, and an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 10m; Wth of base 5m; D 0.5m) N-E. There is an entrance gap (Wth of base 1.8m) at E, convenient to a nearby farmhouse, but it might be the original entrance.
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: 12 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.