Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toormore, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toormore
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93737, -8.16707
- SMR number
- RO010-134----
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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
Located towards the NE end of a broad NE-SW ridge and on a SSE-facing slope, with a small fold in the landscape opening to the N. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of base 11m; Wth of top 0.7m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 2.8m) incorporating some natural slope externally NW-NE, which morphs into a low scarp (at S: Wth 3.8m; H 0.85m) NE-E-SW. The W side is a lower, straight scarp. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The monument is overlain by drystone walls that approach from WNW, NE, ESE and WSW and meet at two points in the interior, which divides the monument between four fields.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 May, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.