Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Portobello, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portobello
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88765, -8.23044
- SMR number
- RO016-018----
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 only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low rise. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 22.5m E-W; 21.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3.3m; int. H 0.25-0.75m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m), which is reduced to a straight scarp (H 0.8m-1.1m) SE-SSW. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but the perimeter is planted with mature deciduous trees.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.