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Ringfort - rath

Miskish More, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Miskish More, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Miskish More
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.02634, -6.60705
SMR number
MO029-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the bottom of the NW-facings spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, overlooking a NW-SE section of the Farne River, which is c. 150m to the SW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 32m NW-SE) that slopes down steeply to the SW. It is defined by an earthen ban k (at SE: Wth of base 2.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.85m) ENE-SSW and a slight scarp elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a triangular enclosure (ext. dims 10m N-S; 8m E-W) defined by a moss-covered stone spread (at W: Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m) abutting the inside of the bank at E, which is probably the remnants of a field system.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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