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Ringfort - rath

Drumcarrow, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumcarrow, 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
Drumcarrow
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.97264, -6.78634
SMR number
MO030-025----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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 the spine of a small NNW-SSE drumlin ridge towards the N end. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 43m NNW-SSE; 38m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 8-9m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 2.3-2.5m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7-8.5m; Wth of base 1-2m; ext. D 1.2-1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 4-7m; ext. H 0.3m at N to 2.2m at S). A berm (at SSE: Wth 5m) intervenes between the fosse and the outer bank ESE-SW, while the fosse and outer bank have been almost eroded away N-E. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 1m) SE-WNW (max. ext. diam. 80m NNW-SSE). The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 1.6m) and a causeways (Wth of top 2.4m; H 0.7m) across the inner fosse are at SE but the outer features are rather eroded here.

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

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

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