Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killabrick, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killabrick
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99434, -6.70786
- SMR number
- MO031-016----
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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 highest point of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 43m NW-SE) with some rock outcrop at the surface defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) and hedge NW-N-S and an artificial scarp (at W: Wth 2.3m; H 1.3m) elsewhere, with an external bank (at W: Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) close to its base SW-W. The original entrance is not identified. A relict NW-SE field bank runs through the interior NE of the centre. The Rath (MO031-015----) is c. 200m to the NW and ringfort (MO031-017----) is c. 120m to the 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: 28 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.