Overview
Designed landscape feature in Dromore (trough By.) is recorded as Designed landscape feature in Monaghan. Situated on top of a prominent drumlin. It is depicted as a large embanked enclosure described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a large hachured feature on the 1907 edition.
Why it was made
The saved account records: Situated on top of a prominent drumlin.
People and events
The saved account records: It is depicted as a large embanked enclosure described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a large hachured feature on the 1907 edition.
How it worked
The saved account records: This is a large circular grass-covered area (diam.
What remains
The saved account records: The interior is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and the hedge is removed NW of this feature but the perimeter can still be traced.
Why it mattered
Designed landscape feature in Dromore (trough By.) matters because the source ties designed landscape feature to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: 103.5m NW-SE: 103.5m NE-SW) that slopes down significantly to the E, which is defined by an earthen bank and hedge now largely reduced to a scarp (at N: Wth 0.5m
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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