Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathnallog, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnallog
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80808, -8.34402
- SMR number
- RO021-040----
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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 gentle E-facing slope. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 47.6m E-W; 45m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.8-1m generally to 1.5m at W; ext. H 1.6-1.7m) and flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.3-10m; Wth of base 4.5-5m; D 0.4-0.7m), with an outer bank (Wth 5m; H 0.2m) SE-WSW (max. ext. dim. 68m N-S). The entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at ESE, and the fosse has been extended into a pond WSW-NNW, while a farm road approaches the perimeter at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.