Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonshee, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonshee
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embnaked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83760, -8.07227
- SMR number
- RO017-181----
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
At the crest of the gentle E-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge and c. 130m from the N shore of Lough O' Donra (dims c. 800m E-W; c. 100-200m N-S). Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m; at W; Wth 4.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) with internal and external facing stones and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.8-3.7m; Wth of base 1-1.2m; D 0.3m at E to 1m at S). The entrance (Wth 2m) and denuded causeway (Wth 3m) are at E. A small drystone-built animal pen (dims 10m E-W; 4m N-S) abuts the outside of the perimeter at E, and field walls radiate from the perimeter at SE, SW and WSW.
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.