Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumcleavry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcleavry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92264, -8.00990
- SMR number
- RO012-002----
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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
On the W bank of a N-S section of the River Shannon with the river immediately to the E. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 33m N-S; 21.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) S-SW, and a scarp (H 0.3-0.7m) SW-N. The E side is overlain by a spoil mound (Wth 9m E-W; H 0.9-1.2m) from the Shannon drainage planted with mature deciduous trees. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.