Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickykelly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickykelly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02895, -6.57910
- SMR number
- MO029-009001-
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 a low rise in a low-lying undulating landscape. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dim. 30m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) and hedge, which was incorporated into a field bank with external stone facing NW-NNE. There is no visible fosse, and the entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at ENE where some rock outcrop is exposed. There is a local tradition of a cave in the interior, which may be a souterrain.
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: 28 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 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.