Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annaghbeg (Boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghbeg (Boyle By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97952, -8.08543
- SMR number
- RO007-062----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the SW end of a low rise on the SE shore of Lough Naseer (max. dims c. 850m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE), c. 30m from the lake. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 64 NE-SW; 54m NW-SE) defined by a scrub-covered scarp (H 0.75-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but the perimeter is truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE. Rath (RO007-060----) is c. 130m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.