Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Danesfort, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92090, -8.10396
- SMR number
- RO011-183----
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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
Located in improved pasture on a slight SSE-facing slope. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 24m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 7.8m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m) ESE-S-NW but it merges into the slope elsewhere, The perimeter is slightly truncated at E by a N-S filed bank, now removed and evident as a green moss cropmark. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 May 2015
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.