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
- 53.85063, -8.06727
- SMR number
- RO017-140----
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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 E-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge on the NW shore of Lough Nablahy (dims c. 1.5km NE-SW; c. 400m NW-SE). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 36m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by a low scarp (H 0.4-0.5m) SW-W-NE. The site is truncated by a N-S field bank at E and by an E-W field bank at S. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO017-139001-) is c. 130m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.