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Ringfort - rath

Danesfort, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Danesfort, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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