Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownaglearagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownaglearagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86113, -8.13090
- SMR number
- RO017-128----
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
At the E end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 39m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3m at NE to 4.9m at S; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1-1.5m) WSW-NNW, and at NE and S, but reduced to a scarp (H 0.75m at SE to 1.5m at SW) ESE-SW. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and the perimeter at N is damaged by a sheep-pen.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1957).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.