Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rahans (farney By., Magheracloone Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahans (farney By., Magheracloone Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92648, -6.73997
- SMR number
- MO034-009----
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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
Located on the summit of a prominent drumlin overlooking the N, bulbous (dims c. 330-c. 400m) end of Rahans Lough (L c. 1km N-S), which is c. 330m to the ESE. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 50m) sloping down to the S, which is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SE: Wth 5.4m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 2.5m) and an overgrown fosse (at SE: Wth of top 3.8m; Wth of base 1.8m; ext. D 0.75m), with traces of an outer bank at W and N. The entrance (Wth 2.45m) and causeway (Wth 3m; H 1m) are at SE.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.