Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmurry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77753, -8.37263
- SMR number
- RO021-067----
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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
Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a tree-ring, and situated a the W end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 30.7m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m E-S to 1.1m at N) separated by a berm (Wth 3m at S to 7m at N) from an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5-1.7m; D 0.2-0.7m). There is no visible entrance, but a N-S trench (Wth 9m; D 1m) has been dug between the platform and bank at W, creating the straight edge of the platform (L 24m), and the interior is planted with mature deciduous trees (max. ext. diam. c. 52m N-S). Archaeological testing (03E0892) immediately to the NE during 2003 failed to produce any related material (Read 2006c).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2006o Kilmurray: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 424, No. 1582. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.