Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killummod, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killummod
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89941, -8.12990
- SMR number
- RO011-101----
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
Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a broad low drumlin. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 38.1m NW-SE; 32.8m NE-SW) defined today by a modern, overgrown drain (Wth 4m; D 1.2-1.5m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 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.