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
- 53.88467, -8.11148
- SMR number
- RO017-024----
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
On the crest of the S-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge, towards the W end. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.95m) WSW-NNW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1-1.1m) elsewhere, separated by a fosse (Wth of base 3-3.8m; D 0.8m) S-N-ESE from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 5-6.8m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.5m-0.75m) S-W-NE and E-ESE. There is no visible entrance. Earthwork (RO017-025001-) and rath (RO017-025002-) are c. 130m and c. 160m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.