Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryvunny (detached Portion), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryvunny (detached Portion)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01931, -8.26922
- SMR number
- RO003-064----
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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 N end of the NE side of a peninsula (dims c. 630m NW-SE; c. 150m NE-SW) jutting SE from the N corner of Lough Key. Oval area (dims 31m N-S; 24.5m E-W) within a coniferous forest defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H c. 0.8m) NW-ENE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) elsewhere, and a fosse (Wth of base 1.4-1.8m; D 0.2-0.3m) W-S. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.