Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumgurra, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgurra
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99084, -6.78655
- SMR number
- MO030-015----
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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 at the E tip of a W-E spur on the E side of a drumlin and overlooking a col with another drumlin summit c. 450m to the E. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 25m NW-SE; 24.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) W-NW and by a scarp (at S: Wth 3.4m; H 1.8m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The monument is quartered by overlying NE-SW and NW-SE field walls but the wall running SW from the centre is now only a relict feature while the E quadrant has been completely removed.
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: 25 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.