Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cherryfield Or Drishaghan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cherryfield Or Drishaghan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83076, -8.21574
- SMR number
- RO022-044002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
The rath (RO022-044001-) is enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m-3m; int. H 0.1m-0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) and outer fosse or rush-filled ditch (Wth 1m-2m), except WNW-N where the rath fosse has been widened. This outer bank also enclose a rectangular, grass-covered annexe (dims c. 28m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE) outside the rath to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.