THE TOWNLAND OF FEDERNAGH
The townland of Federnagh is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County. It
is labelled number 29 on the map.
The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:
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Rath of the Early Christian Period.
SMR NO: ARM 018:024
Irish Grid Reference: J04563844
Townland: FEDERNAGH
CONDITION: traces only
This site has been badly damaged by the construction of a farm steading on the S side, & reduced to a slight scarp c. O.7m high by cultivation around the NW. A short arc of the enclosure bank survives on SE, 6m wide & 1.5m high above the interior. Beyound this is an external ditch also c.6m wide & 091.2m deep. The ground level within the monument is lower than that outside, having been scooped out to create a level interior. The site is approx.30m in diam. NE-SW. See SM7 file for further details.
PRONI records: OS/6/2/18/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/18/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/18/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908.); OS/6/2/18/4 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. (2 copies – 1st a reprint 1930, 1933 and 2nd reprint 1933, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1955.); OS/6/2/18/5 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1892, 1901-2, 1904 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); VAL/1B/214 (1st valuation records.); VAL/12B/15/23A, VAL/12B/15/23B, VAL/12B/15/23C, VAL/12B/15/23D, VAL/12B/15/23E (Valuation annual revision list.); VAL/2B/2/32C (Griffith valuation list.).
