Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corcreeghagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corcreeghagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99660, -6.86002
- SMR number
- MO030-003----
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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 top of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 27.8m E-W; 25.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 2.15m) and hedge, with traces of an outer stone cladding at N and S. There is no visible fosse, although there is an outer field bank at the base of the scarp S-W, and the original entrance is not identified. The interior is overlain by the remains of a relict NW-SE field bank NE of the centre.
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: 24 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.