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Ringfort - rath

Carrownanalt, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrownanalt, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrownanalt
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.07779, -8.11296
SMR number
RO002-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a severe SE-facing slope with the deep valley of a W-E stream immediately to the S. This stream joins the NW-SE Arigna River c. 200m to the E. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 23.5m NW-SE; 21.6m NE-SW) defined by slight traces of a bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.1m) at NW (upslope) and a scarp (H 0.5m generally to 0.8m at SW) elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 7.3m; Wth of base 3.2m; ext. D 0.7m) NW-NE, which is replaced by a rush-filled berm (Wth 2.7-4.3m) elsewhere. The interior slopes down severely to the SE (H 3.2m). The perimeter is less distinct at E (L 8m) and there may have been an entrance at this point. The monument is clearly visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005) and the Bing images.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 April, 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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