Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcloghan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcloghan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85086, -8.06994
- SMR number
- RO017-139001-
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 top of the E-facing slope at the E end of a low E-W drumlin ridge overlooking Lough Nablahy (dims c. 1.5 km NE-SW; c. 400m NW-SE), which is c. 170m to the S. Circular area (diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.25-0.55m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth 2.5-2.7m; D 0.4-0.55m) SSW-N, and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.4-0.65m). There is a record of a house site (RO017-139002-) (ext. dims c. 6m x c. 6m) NW of the centre in 1982 (SMR file), but it is no longer visible. A N-S field bank bisects the site, and the monument is overgrown to the W and grass-covered to the E. Rath (RO017-140----) is c. 130m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.