Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanmullagh (farney By., Killanny Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanmullagh (farney By., Killanny Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95698, -6.68036
- SMR number
- MO031-097----
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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 on a shelf on a N-facing slope. It is depicted as a wooded enclosure incorporated in a NW-SE wooded boundary (Wth c. 10m) of the demesne of Monalty House, which is c. 320m to the N, on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and it has been adapted as a tree-ring. This is an oval scrub-covered area (dims 38m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) planted with mature deciduous trees, which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4.4m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m), with slight traces of an external fosse W-NW. The perimeter is incorporated into the wooded ornamental boundary SSE-W and N-NE. The original entrance is not identified.
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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.