Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycartlan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycartlan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93492, -6.78935
- SMR number
- MO033-004----
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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 rise which is towards the SE end of a relatively low NW-SE ridge. It is depicted on McCrea’s map of Co. Monaghan (1793). This is a circular, domed (H 0.7-1.3m) and grass-covered area (diam. 50m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m) W-NNE that is largely reduced to an overgrown scarp (at S: Wth 3.4m; H 2.3m) or incorporated into a field bank elsewhere. There is no visible fosse. There are gaps in the perimeter at W, NNE, and SSW, but the last may be the original entrance.
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 June 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
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.