Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyroddy, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyroddy
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84562, -8.22929
- SMR number
- RO016-153001-
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 a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.6m E-W; 24.8m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) with slight traces of a bank (int. H 0.1m) S-SSW, and a complete rush-filled fosse (Wth of base 2.3-3.3m; D 0.1m). There is no visible entrance, but there is a low mound (RO016-153002-) (diam. 5.4m E-W; 4.9m N-S; H 0.2-0.3m) at the centre. Rath (RO016-119----) is c. 190m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.