Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corlis (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corlis (castlereagh By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79245, -8.42591
- SMR number
- RO021-045----
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. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 56.3m N-S; 56m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m at W to 1m E-S; ext. H 1.4-1.7m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7.3-8.2m; Wth of base 4.5-5.5m; D 0.9-1.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2-0.6m) N-E which is incorporated into a field bank (at E: Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m) elsewhere. The stone-lined entrance (Wth 2m) is at ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.