Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ratallen, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratallen
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ratallen Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.90806, -8.25348
- SMR number
- RO010-057----
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
At the summit of a small ENE-WSW ridge, towards the E end. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 5-5.5m; int. H 0.4-0.95m; ext. H 2.1-2.8m) reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) WNW-NNW, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 8.7m; Wth of base 5.5m; D 0.45-0.8m) WSW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at SE. There is a quarry outside the bank N-ENE, and modern field banks radiate from the perimeter at ENE, SW and NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Boundary moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.