Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skeanavart, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skeanavart
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86886, -8.22782
- SMR number
- RO016-061----
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
On top of a broad E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a low, gentle scarp (H 0.3-0.8m). It was described in 1957 as having a widely spread bank (Wth c. 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext . H c. 1.2m) and outer fosse (Wth of top c. 4m; ext. D 0.3m) (SMR file). Barrow (RO015-060----) is c. 120m to the W, and ring-barrow (RO016-062----) is c. 80m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.