Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowmore (boyle By., Rockingham Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (boyle By., Rockingham Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95120, -8.24896
- SMR number
- RO006-203----
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
On the SE-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.5m at N to 6.2m at W; int. H 0.1m at S to 0.5m at N; ext. H 0.1m at N to 0.6m at E and S) N-S-W, and a scarp down to the interior (H 0.2-0.7m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.