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
- 53.91961, -8.10889
- SMR number
- RO011-074----
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 the SW-facing slope of a small NE-SW drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 32m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.1m at E to 8m at W; int. H 0.25m at E to 1m at N; ext. H 1.1m at E to 1.85 at N) WSW-N-ESE and a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 4.1-4.3m; D 0.75-0.85m) W-NE. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.