Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bealragh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bealragh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88085, -8.14482
- SMR number
- RO017-009----
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
At the W end of a short E-W ridge. D-shaped overgrown area (dims c. 25m NNW-SSE; c. 20m ENE-WSW) defined by a low scarp (H 0.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5-4.2m; D 0.6m) NW-E-SE. The site is truncated by a NNW-SSE field bank at W and an ENE-WSW lane at S. Rath (RO017-010----) is c. 50m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.