Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh (boyle By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05798, -8.18415
- SMR number
- RO003-090----
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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
At the crest of a NE-facing slope overlooking the W end of Lough Meelagh, the shore of which is c. 60m to the NE. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims. 35m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.5m) N-S, with slight traces of a bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) and fosse (Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) S-SW. There is no visible entrance, and the site is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW. Promontory fort (RO003-008----) is c. 140m to the NE and promontory fort (RO003-091----) is c. 200m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.