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Ringfort - rath

Carrownamaddy (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Carrownamaddy (roscommon By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.83656, -8.11548
SMR number
RO017-167----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On the NE-facing slope of a low drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.5-5.8m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.1m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 2.75-3m; D 1.15-1.6m) from an outer overgrown bank (Wth 4-4.7m; ext. H 0.9m at S to 1.6m at N). There is a second fosse (Wth of base 3m; D 0.2-0.5m) W-N-E, but there is no identifiable entrance.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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