Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowreagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (boyle By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90456, -8.14381
- SMR number
- RO011-095----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the S edge of a broad low rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46.5m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 2.7m at N to 4m at W; int. H 0.3m at E to 1m at SW; ext. H 0.9m at N to 1.6m at W) S-N-ESE and a scarp (H 0.95m) elsewhere with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.8m at S to 3.9m at N; D 0.1m to 0.7m at SW). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. Rath (RO011-094----) is c. 180m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.