Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fartagorman, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fartagorman
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99848, -6.78871
- SMR number
- MO030-016----
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 just above a break in slope on the S-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 42.5m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SE defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 5.6m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge, which is reduced to a scarp (at SE: Wth 3m; H 1.5m) E-S. There is no visible fosse, but there are entrances at NE (Wth of base 0.8m), SE (Wth of base 1.4m) and SSW (Wth of base c. 1m), all probably modern.
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.