Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolderry (farney By., Magheross Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolderry (farney By., Magheross Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97977, -6.69258
- SMR number
- MO031-040----
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 summit of a drumlin. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 51m NE-SW; 42.5m NW-SE) that slopes down to the NW (H 1.5m), which is defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) and hedge with an external stone facing that is reduced to a scarp and hedge at SW (Wth 3m; H 2m), and which morphs into a field bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) W-N. There is no visible fosse, but the original entrance is at E.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.