Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bohalas, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bohalas
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93336, -8.63203
- SMR number
- RO008C011----
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
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 18m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.2m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.2m) NW-E-SW. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and it is truncated slightly by a N-S field wall at W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.