Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Woodbrook, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodbrook
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94643, -8.15885
- SMR number
- RO011-003----
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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 top of a rise on a N-facing slope. Circular overgrown platform (diam. c. 39m) with the remains of a bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) S-W, defined by a fosse (Wth of top 3.8-4.3m; int. D 0.8-1.1m; ext. D 0.45-0.85m) and an outer overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m; at E: Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.3m). There is a an entrance (Wth 2.5m) through the bank at E (max. ext. diam. c. 60m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.