Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Danesfort, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92498, -8.11030
- SMR number
- RO011-046----
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 a slight rise on the floor of the S-N Killukin river valley with the stream c. 50m to the W. Oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 45m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) ENE-E and a scarp (H 0.4-0.7m) elsewhere, with a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 1.7m; ext. D 0.4m; at SSE: Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 1.2m; ext. D 0.4m) NE-SE and SW-NW. There is no visible entrance. Holy well (RO011-045----) is c. 160m to the WSW on the other side of the stream.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.