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
- 53.90618, -8.12716
- SMR number
- RO011-102----
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. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a subrectangular feature on the 1914 ed. Situated on a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 38m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) with a rounded corner at N defined by overgrown earthen banks (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m), with outer fosses (Wth of base 2-3.1m; D 0.2-0.4m) on all sides except the NE. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.