Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghlattacru, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghlattacru
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94661, -6.72600
- SMR number
- MO031-089----
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Shown on 5 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 on the E-facing slope of a slight NNW-SSE ridge. This is a broad subcircular, grass and scrub-covered area with rock outcrop (int. dims 44m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) that slopes down to the NE, which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.2-6m; Wth of top 2.2-2.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.5m at NW to 1.5m at SE) with traces of internal stone-facing. There is no visible fosse, but an entrance (Wth of base 2.2) at N might be original.
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
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.