Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clogher (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogher (ballintober North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89331, -8.01330
- SMR number
- RO012-018----
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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 only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular feature (diam. c. 20m), and situated on a gentle SE-facing slope of a broad drumlin. It was described in 1955 as a circular area (diam. c. 18m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (max. H c. 0.4m) and hedge with traces of an outer fosse (SMR file). It was described as a circular area defined by an eroded earthen bank and outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is no longer visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO012-019----) is c. 150m to the SE, and enclosure (RO012-021----) is c. 180m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.