Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghagowla, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghagowla
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04187, -8.26964
- SMR number
- RO003-013001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-3.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) WSW-N and a scarp (at S: H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO003-013002-) (dims. 19m E-W; 11m N-S) defined by scarps (H 0.3-1.5m) attached to the perimeter at S. Cashel (RO003-014----) is c. 190m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.