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
- 53.96199, -6.76859
- SMR number
- MO031-069----
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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 tip of a small NW-SE spur or shelf towards the top of the E-facing slope of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793). It was a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.5m N-S; 29.5m E-W) that slopes down to the SE (H 1m) and is now overgrown. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4-6m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) and slight traces of an outer fosse (at SE: Wth of top 7.4m; ext. D 0.1m). The entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at S. Rath (MO031-067----) is c. 230m to the W and rath (MO031-068----) is c. 60m to the NW.
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
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.