Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltybranks, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltybranks
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87740, -8.61836
- SMR number
- RO013-005001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a shelf on the NW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Originally a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) which only survives N-E and as an arc (L 5m) at S. The perimeter has been quarried back elsewhere (dim. 26.4m E-W) and there is no visible fosse or entrance, but an arc of bank (L 9m; Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) outside the perimeter at NW may be an original outer bank. There is no evidence of the 'cave' marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map inside the perimeter at W, which may be a souterrain (RO013-005002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.