Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight N-S ridge on the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 33m N-S; 30.2m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at N to 1.2m at W), with slight traces of a bank (int. H 0.2m) on the perimeter at SE and SW. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is at SE. The road (RO022-057052-) approaches from the E and turns S just at the monument. Described as a ring-barrow (Herity 1988, 73). Rath (RO022-057064-) is c. 240m to the SSW. (Knox, 1914a, 32-3; Herity 1983, 131, Glenballythomas 13; Waddell 1983, 41, No 45)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

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

Herity, M. 1988 A survey of the royal sites of Cruachain in Connacht Roscommon. IV. Ancient field systems at Rathcroghan and Carnfreee. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117-118, 67-84.

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.

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