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Ringfort - rath

Aghadrestan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghadrestan, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghadrestan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Multivallate enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.84971, -8.57654
SMR number
RO014-037----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

At the W edge of a low, broad plateau. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 59m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5.6m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.2m at W to 1.1m at E), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) NW-E. This is surrounded by a flat-bottomed and rush-filled fosse (Wth of base 4.5-6.5m; D 0.2-0.5m) and outer earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) which in turn is surrounded by a flat-bottomed and rush-filled fosse (Wth of base 4-5.7m; D 0.3m at S to 1.2m at E) and a third outer bank (Wth 5.5-6.3m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) through the outer and middle banks with causeways over the fosses at ENE. A later drain circumscribes the perimeter NE-E (max. ext. diam. 106m N-S; 96.5m E-W).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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