Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cartron (Frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (Frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88752, -8.19648
- SMR number
- RO016-025001-
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a hollow in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a grass and scrub-covered stone spread (Wth 5m generally to 8.5m at E; int. H 0.8-1.5m; ext. H 0.1m at N to 1.5m at E) with intermittently visible facing stones. There is no visible entrance. Hut-site (RO016-025002-) and mound (RO016-025003-) are outside the cashel to the N. Rath (RO016-024001-) is c. 40m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.