Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknagawna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknagawna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88739, -8.06165
- SMR number
- RO017-058----
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 bottom of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 30m N-S; 25.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-5.3m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 0.5-1m) ESE-W-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9-1.4m) elsewhere, separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 2.5-2.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.3-5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2-0.7m) S-E. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is partly obscured by field spoil.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.