Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moneenagunnell, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneenagunnell
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25094, -7.92388
- SMR number
- OF014-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a natural ridge running E-W with poorly drained low-lying land to the W and undulating land to the S. Partially destroyed ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam 64m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank ( Wth 2m; ext. H 2m avg.; int. H 1m) from NE through S to SW which is reduced to a barely visible scarp from SW through N to NE with external fosse (Wth 3 - 4m) best preserved at S with no evidence of an entrance feature. Field fences radiate out from the ringfort.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.