Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Calveagh Upper, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Calveagh Upper
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95557, -8.68218
- SMR number
- RO008B004----
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
Towards the N end of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) S-W-NE with outer facing stones at N (C 9.7m), and a drystone wall NE-SSE while the base of the original wall (Wth 2.7m) is visible at SE. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.