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Ringfort - rath

Derraun, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Derraun
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.91300, -8.15386
SMR number
RO011-062001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 E-W drumlin ridge. Oval scrub-covered area (dims 39m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m at SW to 0.8m at NE; ext. H 0.8-1m), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2-2.2m; D 0.1-0.6m) NE-E and at W. There is no visible entrance, but a possible house-site (RO011-062002-) (dims. 7m E-W; 5.4m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.5m) is at the centre, and a N-S field bank is just E of this. Rath (RO011-061----) is c. 90m to the WSW, and rath (RO011-063----) is c. 210m to the E.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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