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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78019, -8.31598
- SMR number
- RO021-042039-
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 a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 31.7m E-W; 31.2m N-S) defined by a slight grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m) and a flat-bottomed, reed-filled fosse (Wth of base 1.8-3.4m; D 0.1m generally to 0.4m at S) N-WSW, with a scarp (H 0.7-0.8m) elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 2.4m) and stony causeway (Wth 2.8m) are at SE. Souterrain (RO021-042040-) is inside the perimeter at SW. (Herity 1987a, 126, 138)
See attached image from SE taken c. 1998.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. 1987a A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connaught. 3. Ringforts and ecclesiastical sites. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117, 125-41.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.