Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bryan Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bryan Beg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89118, -8.12538
- SMR number
- RO017-015----
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
Towards the top of the NE-facing spine of a low NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular scrub-covered area with mature deciduous trees (diam. 28m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5-0.65m; ext. H 0.8-1.8m) E-SSW, and a scarp (H 1-1.4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.