Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonkeen (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonkeen (boyle By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99097, -8.13360
- SMR number
- RO007-035----
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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 W-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.55m) SW-N, an earthen bank (Wth 2.2-2.7m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m) at NE and SE with a scarp (H 0.5m) down to the interior at E. There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at E, and the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank with an inner drain SE-SW. Rath (RO007-036----) is c. 140m to the W.
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.