Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rusheen (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheen (boyle By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95655, -8.23275
- SMR number
- RO006-145----
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 enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the E-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass and stone-covered area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-1m) which has been modified by quarrying and which may have been surrounded by a drystone wall.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.