Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumboory, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumboory
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93860, -6.67653
- SMR number
- MO034-008----
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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 at the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin, this rath is known locally as Kenny’s rath. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42.8m NE-SW; int. diam. 38.7m NE-SW) with some scrub sloping down to the SW (H c. 3m) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) reduced to a scarp at SW (Wth 10m; int. H 0.1m; ext. 0.9m). It is surrounded almost immediately by a field bank (Wth 2.8-3.6m; max. int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) and hedge with external stone facing. There is no visible fosse and an entrance gap at SW is 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: 17 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.