Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corracoggil North, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corracoggil North
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisacul
- Coordinates
- 53.86012, -8.63767
- SMR number
- RO013-017----
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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 the S-facing slope of a broad WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.4-5.6m; int. H 0.9-1.2m; ext. H 1.4-1.7m) with traces of inner and outer facing stones at E and W, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.2-6.6m; Wth of base 3.5-4.7m; D 0.3-0.4m) which has been removed NNW-ENE by a quarry. There are entrances (Wth c. 2m) at N, NE, SSE, SW and WNW, and a NNE-SSW field bank runs through the fosse at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crucifixion plaqueunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.