Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonfad More, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonfad More
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90002, -8.08840
- SMR number
- RO011-117----
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 wooded enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1914 ed. Situated on the S-facing slope of a broad E-W drumlin. Described as an oval area (dims 33m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is no longer visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.