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
- 53.99107, -6.85987
- SMR number
- MO030-005----
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 towards the E end of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m N-S) sloping down to the S (H 1.7m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-6.8m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 0.9m at N to 1.8m at S) and hedge. The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank with an outer stone-facing NNW-ESE (at NE: Wth of base 4.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.1m). There are traces of an outer fosse (Wth c. 3m) NW-ESE. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.2m; H 0.6m) are at 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: 24 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.