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Ringfort - rath

Cloonfad (Frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloonfad, 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
Cloonfad (Frenchpark By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.86004, -8.48208
SMR number
RO014-047001-

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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

On the gentle S-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 29m N-S; 25.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.7m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.5m at N to 1.9m at E). The fosse has been backfilled NW-NE and re-cut as field drains (Wth of base 1-1.4m; D 0.6-0.7m) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance, and the remains of an outer curving bank to the E (Gannon 1972), perhaps the perimeter of an annexe (RO014-047002-), can no longer be seen.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.

Nearby in the register

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

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