Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownamorheeny, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownamorheeny
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83478, -8.23527
- SMR number
- RO016-121----
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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 broad plateau. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.4m NW-SE; 25.3m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7-10m generally to 12m at SE; int. H 0.6m at SE to 1.3m at SW; ext. H 1.6m at SE to 2.2m at SW) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 5.5-8m; D 0.5m) NE-S-WNW from an outer bank (Wth 5-6m; ext. H 0.3m) SSW-WNW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) in the inner bank, but no causeway, at SW. An electricity pylon is built in the fosse at NNE, and a road bank circumscribes the fosse SE-SW. Rath (RO016-120----) is c. 170m to the N and concentric enclosure (RO022-030----) is c. 170m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.