Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Raferagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raferagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97960, -6.85416
- SMR number
- MO030-018001-
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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
Located on a rise at the summit of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a sub-rectangular or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 50m WNW-ESE at S to 71m WNW-ESE at N; 56m NNE-SSW) defined by scarps (at W: Wth 4.2m; 2.8m; at N: Wth 7.5m; H 5m) on all sides except at the E which is the natural approach and where there is an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.4-5.7m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m) but no visible fosse. There is an entrance (Wth of base 4.2m) towards the S end of the bank.
In the interior a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 1.9-2.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m) with a stone facing creates an inner D-shaped enclosure (dims 56m WNW-ESE at N; 34m NNE-SSW) backing on to the perimeter at N and E. This inner bank has an entrance (Wth 2.5m) at SW and another (Wth of base 2.3m) towards its E end. There were two hut-site inside the inner enclosure, and three in the outer but some of these have been damaged since 1967. There is also a platform inside the entrance to the hilltop enclosure on the N side.
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: 17 July 2007
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.