Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ross Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross Beg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82249, -8.22701
- SMR number
- RO022-039----
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 a shelf at the W end of an E-W valley. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 33.6m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NW and a scarp (H 0.3m at E to 1.4m at N) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 3m) is at SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.