Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowntoosan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowntoosan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79199, -8.28950
- SMR number
- RO022-057064-
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
Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope of Rathcroghan. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 24.3m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a slight bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) WSW-N, with a scarp (H 0.4-0.9m) elsewhere. There are entrances at ESE (Wth 2.5m) and WNW (Wth 1.4m). Rath (RO022-057051-) is c. 240m to the NNW. (Knox 1914a, 33, Rath No. 2; Waddell 1983, 41, No. 49)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.
Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.