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
- 53.91454, -8.13014
- SMR number
- RO011-068----
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 in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) incorporated into a field bank and hedge W-N-S, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3-0.4m) at NW which is visible as a band of rushes (Wth 4m) at E. There is no visible entrance and the perimeter cannot be traced S-W. Rath (RO011-069----) is c. 170m to the NNE.
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.