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Ringfort - rath

Drummond, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drummond, 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
Drummond
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.01491, -6.56858
SMR number
MO029-025001-

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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 on a shelf and towards the top of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular area (diam. 37.6m NNE-SSW; 37m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.6-7.4m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 2-2.2m), with an outer fosse or drain (at N: Wth of top 2.5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.5m) which is reduced to a berm at S (Wth 3m). There is a modern entrance and causeway at SW, but the original is likely to be that (Wth of base 1.9m) at E with its causeway.

The monument is bisected by a NNE-SSW field bank and a rectangular house site is just E of this feature. This is a rectangular area (int. dims 3.75m WNW-ESE; 3m NNE-SSW) defined by low banks (Wth 1-1.6m; H 0.2-0.4m) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) in the E wall. One corner of this house is separated off with a bank that has a small opening to the interior of the house. There may be a second house just to the S in a fragment of a bank extending off to the SE.

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: 29 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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