What is recorded here

Kenny’s rath in Drumboory is a circular earthen ringfort on the crest of a south-facing drumlin, preserving a grass-covered interior nearly thirty-nine metres across. The earthen bank still rises at the northeast edge while the southwest has worn into a shallow scarp, suggesting centuries of foot traffic, rain and perhaps deliberate reuse. A surrounding field bank and hedge frame the whole structure, making the fort feel less like a ruin and more like a room set into the land. Whatever Kenny lived there, the shape remains clear enough to walk around and imagine.

Situated at the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin, this rath is known locally as Kenny’s rath. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42.8m NE-SW; int. diam. 38.7m NE-SW) with some scrub sloping down to the SW (H c. 3m) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) reduced to a scarp at SW (Wth 10m; int. H 0.1m; ext. 0.9m). It is surrounded almost immediately by a field bank (Wth 2.8-3.6m; max. int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) and hedge with external stone facing. There is no visible fosse and an entrance gap at SW is modern. 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

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