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Ringfort - rath

Lisdrumturk, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisdrumturk, 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
Lisdrumturk
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisdrumturk fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.98638, -6.82701
SMR number
MO030-008----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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

Situated on the summit of a drumlin. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). It is an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 53m NNW-SSE; 40m ENE-WSW) defined by two overgrown earthen banks and fosses. The inner, round-topped, bank (Wth of base 7-8.5m; int. H 1.6-2m; ext. H 1.2-2m) has a slight berm or break in slope externally before an outer, flat-bottomed and water-logged fosse (Wth of top 11.5-15m; Wth of base 4m; ext. D 2-2.5m). The outer bank is wide and flat-topped (Wth of base 14m; Wth of top 5-8m; ext. H 1.2-2m). An outer fosse or drain (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2.5m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 1.5m), separated from the outer bank by a slight berm or break in slope, survives SE-W-NNE (max. ext. diam. 110m NNW-SSE). The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.2m) and outer (Wth of base 3.1m) banks with a causeway (Wth of top 2m; H 1.4m) is at E. The interior has a number of quarry holes (D 1-1.2m), but one L-shaped depression inside the bank at NW could be a souterrain (MO030-008001-).

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.

Revised by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 24 August 2017

References

McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).

Nearby in the register

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

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