Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Runnaruag, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Runnaruag
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82784, -8.24351
- SMR number
- RO022-028001-
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 an E-facing slope at the tip of a W-E spur overlooking a slight coll with valleys off it to the N and S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.5m NE-SW; 28.2m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.7m) SE-W-NNW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.6-2.2m) elsewhere. The ramp entrance (Wth 2.2m) is at SE, the lowest point of the perimeter, and a rectangular grass-covered enclosure or annexe (RO022-028002-) (dims 30m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by scarps (H 0.5-1m) is attached to the W. Enclosure (RO022-031001-) is c. 190m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.