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Ringfort - rath

Cloonyeffer, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloonyeffer, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloonyeffer
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.83818, -8.28731
SMR number
RO016-171----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Although indicated as a circular wooded feature on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, this was first identified as a potential monument in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. This feature is located towards the top of a SW-facing slope. It is a circular, grass-covered area (diam. 30m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.95m) with mature deciduous trees and an outer, scrub-filled, fosse (at SW: Wth of top 3m; ext. D 0.3m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at E, and the fosse incorporates a pond at SE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2016

References

Davis, S. 2015 N5 Strokestown - Ballaghderreen preferred route corridor: Lidar assessment. unpublished report for Roscommon County Council: UCD School of Archaeology

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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