Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Alderford, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alderford
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06976, -8.20187
- SMR number
- RO001-010----
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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
Not depicted on any OS map, this rath is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 274-5), and is situated on the summit of a NW-SE ridge. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.6m NNW-SSE; 33m ENE-WSW) defined by a scarp (H 1.5-1.65m), with a slight fosse (Wth of top 6-6.6m; D 0.1m) NE-ESE which is visible as a wet area NW-NE. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the monument was planted with trees, now removed, and is overlain by a NW-SE avenue.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.