Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Derreenadouglas, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreenadouglas
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cashel
- Coordinates
- 54.02826, -8.15785
- SMR number
- RO004-032----
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
On the steep W-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 23m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by a rebuilt stone wall (Wth 1.75-2.1m; int. H 0.75-1.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) with some bushes which is replaced by a drystone field wall NW-N. There is no visible entrance, but rock outcrop is visible in the interior.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.