Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumerlough Beg, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumerlough Beg
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94340, -6.81378
- SMR number
- MO030-038----
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 towards the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 39.5m NNW-SSE; 39m E-W) that slopes down to the S (H 1.5m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.8-5m; int. H 1-2.5m; ext. H 2-3m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-3m; ext. D 0.5-1.1m) that is absent ENE-ESE, and an outer field bank SW-N. The entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) and causeway are at SE.
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 July 2017
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.