Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tumna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tumna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95112, -8.11924
- SMR number
- RO007-090----
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 a SE-facing slope overlooking the River Shannon, c. 230m to the E. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 30m E-W; 29.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-4m; int. H 0.2m at S to 1.05m at N; ext. H 0.85m at N to 1.3m at S) S-N-E and scarp (max. H 1m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.7-4m; D 0.1-0.7m) W-N. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO007-089----) is c. 210m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.