Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyoran, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyoran
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01739, -8.10681
- SMR number
- RO004-048----
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
At the SW end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 27m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) with some bushes SSW-WNW and a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) elsewhere. The fosse (Wth of base 2-3.5m) is visible as a band of rushes throughout, but there is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridge1 mi
- Weir - regulating1 mi
- Bridge1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.