Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyrush, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrush
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02149, -6.58181
- SMR number
- MO029-014----
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 summit of a low NW-SE ridge in a low-lying area. This feature is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is an oval area (dims 31.3m NW-SE; 22.9m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank and hedge with an external fosse. The original bank survives at E. Elsewhere, the bank and fosse were reconstructed in 1930s.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.