Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowkeel (roscommon By., Elphin Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (roscommon By., Elphin Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85248, -8.15167
- SMR number
- RO017-121----
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 steep NNE-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 28m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 0.3m at W to 1m at SE; ext. H 0.2m at W to 1m at SE) ENE-S-NW which is incorporated into a field bank N-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO017-122001-) is c. 190m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.