Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardleckna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardleckna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86714, -8.15180
- SMR number
- RO017-075----
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 top of a drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 55.5m E-W; 50m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 4m at N to 5.8m at ENE; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) N-ENE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m at E to 1.85m at S) E-S and W-NNW, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.2m) N-NNE. The perimeter is truncated by a NW-SE field bank and hedge (L c. 20m) at SW, and there is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.