Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnacrannagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnacrannagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82850, -8.22454
- SMR number
- RO022-035----
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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 rise at the E end of a broad E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (33.4m N-S; 32.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.7m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.9-1.1m) SW-N-ENE, with a fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.1m) W-NNW. The perimeter is defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) S-SW, but cannot be traced elsewhere. There are entrances at NNW (Wth 2.4m) and NNE (Wth 3m), and an E-W farm track overlies the S part of the monument.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.