Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Runnaruag, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Runnaruag
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82526, -8.25377
- SMR number
- RO022-022----
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
Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise in a gently undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5.7m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.1.-1.5m) SE-W-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.