Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84354, -8.53144
- SMR number
- RO014-061----
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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 level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.9m N-S; 31.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.4-4.7m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 5-7.6m; Wth of base 3.2-4m; D 0.4m at E to 1.1m at W) from an outer bank (Wth 2.2-2.7m; ext. H 0.1m) S-NNW. The inner bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.3m) and the fosse back-filled N-NE. There is no visible entrance.
See the attached aerial view taken from the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.