Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tonroe, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonroe
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78093, -8.32438
- SMR number
- RO021-042037-
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
Visible on aerial photograph (OS: 2/4209), and situated towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 42m N-S; 41.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.2m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1m) E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.7-0.9m) elsewhere, and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 1.5-2m; D 0.2m) which is slightly truncated by a NNE-SSW field drain at W. The entrance (Wth 2.6m) and causeway (Wth 3m) are at ENE. There is a slight grass-covered mound (RO021-042048-) (diam. 9m; H 0.3m) at the centre, which may be spoil from a NNE-SSW drain just to its E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.