Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartron (boyle By., Danesfort Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (boyle By., Danesfort Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91117, -8.11398
- SMR number
- RO011-072001-
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 shelf on a gentle SE-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 35m E-W; 27.1m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.95m at W to 1.65m at S) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.2-0.9m) N-S-W, and an outer overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.2m at SW to 0.55m at S; ext. H 0.25m at SW to 1.65m at S) SE-SW. The entrance to souterrain (RO011-072002-) is just W of the centre, and there is a modern causeway entrance at SE, while a shed is built into the perimeter at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.