Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumnagrella, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnagrella
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99194, -6.59426
- SMR number
- MO032-006----
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 towards the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This rath is marked on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). This is an oval grass-covered area (43m WNW-ESE; 32.2m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2m at ESE to 4.4m at WNW; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.9m at ESE to 1.2m at WNW) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse, but there is a NW-SE field bank outside the perimeter NE-ESE. There is a gap in the perimeter at WSW but the original entrance is probably at ESE.
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: 28 July 2017
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.