Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghdrumit, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghdrumit
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99035, -6.76921
- SMR number
- MO031-001----
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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 towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.4m N-S; int. diam. 32.7m N-S) that slopes down slightly to the S and is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7.8m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 2.2m at N to 3m at S) and hedge, with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 2m; ext. D 0.2-0.3m) SE-SW and at NW. The original entrance is not identified.
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: 27 July 2017
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.