What is recorded here
This is depicted faintly as a rectangular area (dims. c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) and described as ‘Site of fort’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a SE-facing slope of the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX018-006
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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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 · 538 yd
Monksgrange HouseGates/railings/walls · 764 ydIndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1091 yd
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1798 RebellionMemorial · 4.6 miCoonogue WoodForest · 5.0 mi
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