Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghlone, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghlone
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96269, -6.85001
- SMR number
- MO030-028----
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 on the summit of a broad NW-SE drumlin ridge overlooking Greaghlone or Beagh Lough, the S shore of which is c. 270m to the N. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 49m WNW-ESE; 47.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m generally to 2.1m at N) and hedge, with a slight and rounded outer fosse, most visible (Wth of top 6.4m; ext. D 0.2m) W-NW. The entrance (Wth of base 2.8m) is at E.
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 - unclassifiedunder 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.