Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Fostragh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fostragh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02130, -8.17123
- SMR number
- RO003-032----
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 SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 23m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.3-2m; H 0.05-0.3m) W-N-E which is not traceable elswhere. This is separated by a berm (Wth 1.4-3m) from an outer stone spread (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.2m at E) which is visible in interrupted sections W-NW and NE-E, its line being completed by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.25m) NW-NE and an outer scarp (H 0.2-0.35m) E-W (max. ext. diam. 33m E-W; 30m N-S). There are no recognisable entrances.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.