Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rinn, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93945, -8.19517
- SMR number
- RO010-021001-
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 the crest of the summit of a NE-SW ridge, towards its SW end. Circular area planted with coniferous trees (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) and outer fosse (Wth. of base 4m; D 0.2m) NE-E-SW, which cannot be traced elsewhere. A rectangular house site (RO010-021002-) (int. dims c. 5m ESE-WNW; c. 4m NNE-SSW) was noted E of the centre in 1980 (SMR file), but it is no longer visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.