Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonsedy, County Monaghan, Ireland
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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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 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.