Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyformoyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyformoyle
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02982, -8.15143
- SMR number
- RO004-034----
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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
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the NW-facing slope of Ballyfermoyle Hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 16m E-W; 13.4m N-S), which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest, defined by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.5-0.7m) E-W, and an external scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere. There is a field wall on the perimeter N-SE, but there is no visible entrance. Rath (RO004-035----) is c. 80m to the SE and cashel (RO004-036----) is c. 50m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.