Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballingarry, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingarry
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- MO031-106----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the summit of a NW-SE ridge. A circular earthwork is depicted on the McCrea Map of County Monaghan (1793) at Ballingarry, but its exact location is not known. There is local information about the discovery of what might be a souterrain (MO031-058----) made by the County Engineer in the vicinity and it may be connected with the fort, but its precise location is not known. Archaeological testing (06E0872) in the vicinity failed to produce any related material (Seaver 2009).
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
References
Seaver, M. 2009 Ballingarry: Testing. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of arc haeological excavations in Ireland, 443, No. 1665.
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).