What is recorded here
Marked as a sub-triangular embanked area (ext. dims. c. 100m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE at SW end) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-incgh map with the SW end incorporated into the townland boundary with Grange Upper. It is located on a gentle S-facing slope in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. It ws described in the 1950s as an oval or sub-triangular enclosure (dims 75m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank (SMR file). It may have been simply a field, and has been removed since 1955.
Marked as a sub-triangular embanked area (ext. dims. c. 100m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE at SW end) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-incgh map with the SW end incorporated into the townland boundary with Grange Upper. It is located on a gentle S-facing slope in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. It ws described in the 1950s as an oval or sub-triangular enclosure (dims 75m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX018-014
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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Monksgrange HouseCountry house · 983 yd
Monksgrange HouseGates/railings/walls · 1018 ydIndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1290 yd
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1798 RebellionMemorial · 4.4 miCoonogue WoodForest · 5.2 mi
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