Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Copse, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Copse
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97918, -8.33346
- SMR number
- RO005-007----
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
Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 10m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the SE-facing slope of a low rise on the S foothills of the Curlew Mountains. Circular overgrown area (diam. 14.5m N-S; 13.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4m; int. H 0.7-0.8m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.