Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bodorragha (Boyle By., Aghafin ED), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bodorragha (Boyle By., Aghafin ED)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05864, -8.09511
- SMR number
- RO004-022001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Visible as a slight feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 213-2), and situated on the summit of a slight rise. Oval grass-covered area (dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.7m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a local tradition of a cave in the interior which may be a souterrain (RO004-022002-). Rath (RO004-021----) is c. 100m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.