Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corry (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corry (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91228, -8.08289
- SMR number
- RO011-081----
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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
Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure on the 1837 and 1914 (ext. dims c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a low rise in a low-lying landscape. Described as slight traces of a semicircular bank (Gannon 1972), it is no longer visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.