Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonshee, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonshee
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83933, -8.07797
- SMR number
- RO017-178----
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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
On a broad drumlin. Subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 20m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) ESE-SW, a scarp (H 0.9m) SW-NW, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.4-1.8m; D 0.3-0.5m) NW-E-SW. A NW-SE laneway (Wth 3.6m) overlies the interior SW of the centre, and bisects the surviving part of the bank. Rath (RO017-179----) is c. 200m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.