Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Charlestown, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Charlestown
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Camp Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.93023, -8.01823
- SMR number
- RO012-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle SE-facing slope in a loop of the River Shannon which is c. 550m to the SW and c. 330m to the NE. Circular overgrown area which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest (diam. c. 50m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1.4-2m). There is no recognisable fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.