Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackan (roscommon By., Aughrim East Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan (roscommon By., Aughrim East Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88041, -8.11692
- SMR number
- RO017-021----
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 E end of a low E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) at SSW and by a scarp (H 0.65m at S to 1.05m at E) elsewhere. This perimeter is separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 2.4-2.8m; D 0.1-0.4m) SE-W-N, which is visible as a band of wet ground (Wth 3m) NE-E, from an overgrown outer bank (at W: Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) SE-W-N. The original entrance is not identified. Rath (RO017-020----) is c. 60m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.