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Ringfort - rath

Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Toberrory, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Toberrory
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
MacDermots Fort
Coordinates
53.80965, -8.28837
SMR number
RO022-056030-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked only on the 1914 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, it is described as 'MacDermot's Fort' on the former. It is situated at the head of a little W-E valley on the NE-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 35.8m NNE-SSW; 26.2m WNW-ESE) defined by scarps (H 0.6m at E to 1.8m at W), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2.6m) and a slight outer bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2m) at N. It is bisected by a NNE-SSW field wall, and the perimeter at the irregular W side might have been truncated. The field system (RO022-056031-) is immediately to the E. Rath (RO022-056029-) is c. 160m to the W and rectangular enclosure (RO022-056026-) is c. 170m to the NW. (Knox 1914a, 25-6; Herity 1983, fig. 37, Toberrory 5; Waddell 1983, 41, No. 44)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 294.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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