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Ringfort - rath

Coolreagh, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolreagh, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolreagh
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.96910, -6.65310
SMR number
MO031-087----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located just off the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. It was described in 1968 as a circular overgrown area (diam. 35m E-W; 34m N-S) that sloped down to the S. It was defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.6m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.3m) W-N-E that was reduced to a scarp (at SW: Wth 2.5m; H 2m) elsewhere. There was no visible fosse but there was an entrance (Wth of base 1.7m) at E. It had been removed by 1984 but slight traces of the perimeter were visible E-SW.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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