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Ringfort - rath

Tonroe, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tonroe, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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