Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Frenchpark Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Frenchpark Demesne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88804, -8.42212
- SMR number
- RO015-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the NE-facing slope of a slight rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.8m), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 4m; D 0.2m) at SW. The interior is overlain by a NE-SW field wall towards the perimeter at W. Souterrain (RO015-007----) is c. 80m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.