Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Srananooan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Srananooan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09594, -8.09798
- SMR number
- RO002-009----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the crest of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 26.5m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.35-0.6m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) E-S-NE with a scarp elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-5.6m; D 0.1m at N to 0.7m generally) SE-W-NE, with a field bank on its outer edge SE-W-NW. The entrance (Wth 4.3m) is at E. Rath (RO002-010----) is c. 200m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.