Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumerlough More, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumerlough More
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94775, -6.81197
- SMR number
- MO030-039----
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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 at the summit of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m WNW-ESE; 39m N-S) that slopes down to the E. It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6.4-7m; int. H 0.2m at E to 1.4m at W; ext. H 1.4m at W to 1.9m at E), with an outer fosse (at WNW: Wth of top 4.8m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.9m) and slight outer bank (at WNW: Wth of base 3m; ext. H 0.3m) W-NNW. There are entrances at NNE (Wth of base 2m) and SW (Wth of base 1m).
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
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.