Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknacran East, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacran East
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94271, -6.76198
- SMR number
- MO031-088----
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
Located on the gentle E-facing slope of a low hill. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. 38.8m WNW-ESE; 34.5m N-S) that slopes down to the SE (H c. 1m), which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.2-5.4m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 1.6-2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6-6.7m; Wth of base 1.2m at WNW to 3.2m at ESE; ext. D 0.2-0.4m). There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) at SE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.