Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrygunnigan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrygunnigan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19262, -7.44985
- SMR number
- OF025-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Poorly preserved bivallate ringfort which is very overgrown making detailed examination of the interior impossible. Located on high ground with extensive flat bogland on all sides except to the N where there is high ground. There is a lot of damage to the outer defences especially to the E side. Where the outer fosse survives it has been greatly widened for drainage channels required for the surrounding forest plantation. The site consists of a circular platform (diam 50m E-W) delimited by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m); fosse (Wth 2m; int. D 1m) with an external bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.5m) visible at W only. No entrance feature visible which may be due to the overgrowth on the site.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.