Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcloghan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcloghan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85057, -8.07508
- SMR number
- RO017-138----
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
Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) and on the 1914 ed. as an oval hachured enclosure (dims c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-NW). Situated on the SW-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge, it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO017-137----) is c. 80m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.