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Located at the S end of a N-S summit on a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This rath is represented on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is an overgrown circular area (diam. 47m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer flat-topped bank (at NNW: Wth of base 6m; int. H 3.3m; ext. H 2.8m) that has a smaller bank on its outer edge, and an external fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 4; Wth of base 1.7m; ext. D 1.2m) W-N-E. There is an outer field bank at the base of the outer face of the outer bank ESE-SW. The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 2.5m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.7m; H 0.75m) are at S where the outer bank has been removed, and there is a NE-SW road outside the monument SE-S.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 19 June 2018
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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