Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghnafarna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghnafarna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10423, -8.10456
- SMR number
- RO002-005----
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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
On a shelf on the lower SE-facing slope of a mountain, and overlooking a N-S stream c. 100m to the E. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 21m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m) NW-NE, and a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere. There is a fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3m; D 0.1-0.2m) SW-NE, which is reduced to a berm (Wth 1.5-2m) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 3.7m) at SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouse1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.