Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryolam, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryolam
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98080, -6.73063
- SMR number
- MO031-030----
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 at the crest of the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an overgrown scarp (Wth 2-2.5m; H 1.3-1.5m), with indications of a bank on top SE-S and WSW-NW (at W: Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m). There are slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.2m) SE-W-NW that morphs into a farm track NW-NE and a berm NE-SE. The original entrance is not identified. The interior has become overgrown since 1967 (Bing 2013).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.