Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rinn, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95043, -8.17903
- SMR number
- RO006-176----
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
In a fold on the N-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 28m) defined by an eroded and gapped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.