Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rover Upper, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rover Upper
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09115, -8.12002
- SMR number
- RO002-012----
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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 terrace towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain, and overlooking the N-S Arigna stream which is c. 150m to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m) defined by a slight bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m) at S and a scarp (H 0.7m generlly to 1.2m at E) elsewhere. There is a fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; D 0.2m) NW-NE, which is represented by a band of rushes (Wth 3m) S-W and which is truncated by a NNE-SSW field bank W-NW. There is no visible entrance, and field spoil has been added to the perimeter at S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 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.