Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leons Beg, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leons Beg
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94004, -6.71021
- SMR number
- MO034-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 low hill. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1773). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m NW-SE; int. diam. 33.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6.5m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) supporting a hedge SE-NW, and with slight traces of an outer fosse (D 0.1-0.3m) all around. There are entrance gaps at NW, NE, and SE, but none appear to be original.
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: 17 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.