Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corrybrackan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corrybrackan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96356, -6.77442
- SMR number
- MO031-066----
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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 towards the N end of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea's map of Co. Monaghan (1793). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 45m NE-SW: 44.4m NW-SE) that slopes down slightly to the NE and is defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth of base 5.4-6.4m; Int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m), with traces of an outer fosse (at NW: Wth c. 3m; D 0.2m) WNW-ENE and E-SE (at SE: Wth 5.3m; ext. D 0.1m). The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank SE-WNW, with an outer drain SE-SSW. There are many gaps in the perimeter but either that at SW or SE (Wth of base 1.5m) is more likely to be the original. Rath (MO031-067----) is c. 220m to the SSE.
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: 31 July 2017
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
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