Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeve (roscommon By., Rossmore Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeve (roscommon By., Rossmore Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83431, -8.24306
- SMR number
- RO022-029----
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
At the crest of the S-facing slope of a broad E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 30.9m N-S; 27.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.5m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.5m) which is incorporated into an overgrown field bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) NE-SE. There is no visible fosse, and there are entrances at S (Wth 1.2m) and W (Wth 3.2m), while the SE quadrant had been slightly quarried.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.