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
- 53.88081, -8.14362
- SMR number
- RO017-010----
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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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a D-shaped feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) truncated by field banks at N and W on the 1914 ed. Situated at the E end of a short E-W ridge, it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO017-009----) is c. 50m to the W and raths (RO017-210001-; RO017-210002-) are c. 180m to the S and SSE respectively.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.