Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Fostragh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fostragh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02227, -8.16448
- SMR number
- RO004-033----
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 on the W-facing slope of a low drumlin. Circular grass-covered area with some bushes (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2-6.4m; H 0.1-0.8m) with facing stones visible at N (original Wth 2m). There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.