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
- 53.90423, -8.12492
- SMR number
- RO011-103----
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
Towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m at N to 8m at E; int. H 0.65m at NW to 1.1m at W; ext. H 0.95m at NW to 1.6m at W), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) SE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.9m) is at SE. Rath (RO011-104----) is c. 90m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.