Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumalough, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumalough
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78709, -8.56135
- SMR number
- RO020-034----
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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 gentle N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Oval grass and rush-covered area (dims 37.4m E-W; 27.2m N-S) defined by a chord (L 8m) of an earthen bank at SW (Wth 6.7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.7m) and slight remains of a bank (Wth 3.2m; H 0.2m) ENE-ESE with a scarp (H 1-1.5m) elsewhere. There is a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.4-7.9m; Wth of base 2.7-3.4m; D 0.6m) SSE-NW, and an outer bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-NW, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO020-033----) is c. 60m to the NW and crannog (RO020-035----) is c. 250m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.