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Ringfort - rath

Clonsedy, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Clonsedy, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Clonsedy
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.94078, -6.75022
SMR number
MO034-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the spine of and on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m NNE-SSW; 40m WNW-ESE) with relict cultivation ridges defined by a an overgrown earthen bank (at WNW: Wth of base 6m; Wth of top 1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) with traces of an outer stone-facing separated by a rounded fosse (at WNW: Wth of top 5.8m; ext. D 1.6m) from a slight outer bank (at WNW: Wth 5m; ext. H 0.3m). These features only survive SSW-NW, but the inner bank is evident by a slight scarp elsewhere (at ESE: Wth c. 10m; H 0.8m). Gaps in the inner bank at NW (Wth 1.7m) and NNW (1.5m) are probably modern.

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: 27 June 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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