Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartronaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartronaglogh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06144, -8.13721
- SMR number
- RO004-012----
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
On a shelf of a SW-facing slope. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7-4.5m; int. H 0.05-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) SW-N-SSE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere and an outer fosse (Wth 2-3m) represented by a band of rushes. The entrance (Wth 2.6m) is at E, and the fosse is slightly truncated by field banks at E and S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.