Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Alts, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alts
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97752, -6.79447
- SMR number
- MO030-023----
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
Situated on the summit of a drumlin. This rath is marked on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). It is a raised overgrown area (diam. c. 36m N-S) that has been planted with coniferous trees. It is defined by a scarp (at N: H 1.3m), with an outer fosse or drain (Wth of top 2.8m; Wth of base 1.8m; int. D 1.9m; ext. D 0.5m) SE-S where the scarp has a stone facing. There is no identifiable original entrance.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.