Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Erris, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Erris
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97773, -8.27411
- SMR number
- RO006-033001-
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
Towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a rise. Circular overgrown area (diam. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.75m; int. H 0.1-0.25m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m) W-NE and by a scarp (H 0.3-0.8m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, although a fosse (Wth c. 4m; D c. 2m) at SW was recovered in excavation (O' Riordain 1990b; Channing 1994a). Burnt mound (RO006-033002-) was identified just to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Channing, J. 1994b Erris, adjacent to other sites. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1993: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 69-70, No. 194. Bray. Wordwell.
Ó Ríordáin, B. 1990b 'Templenadriney', Erris Church (site of); burial ground; habitation. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1989: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 45, No. 81. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.