Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crunaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crunaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88316, -8.61081
- SMR number
- RO014-002----
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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 as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (Mayo 74), and situated at the SE end of the crest of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34.5m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.2m generally to 0.5m at SW and 1.4m at SE), with bushes on the perimeter ESE-SW. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO014-001----) is c. 80m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.