Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lodge, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lodge
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92165, -8.12561
- SMR number
- RO011-038----
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 top of a low NE-SW drumlin ridge, towards the NE end. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 34.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-3.7m; int. H 0.4m at E to 1.15m at N; ext. H 0.95m at E to 1.5m at N), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.8-2.2m; D 0.15-0.4m) NE-S-NNW. The entrance (Wth 3.5m) at E is blocked by a drystone wall.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.