Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tully (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tully (frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80550, -8.71199
- SMR number
- RO019-007003-
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
On the crest of a low E-W ridge. D-shaped raised grass and scrub-covered area (dims 36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp at S (H 0.9m) and N (H 2m) and field banks at E (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.4m) and W (Wth 2.9m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.8m), both with internal drains. Souterrain (RO019-007004-) is at the W edge, and children's burial ground (RO019-007001-) occupies the interior. There is no visible entrance or fosse.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.