Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toomona, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toomona
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77785, -8.28152
- SMR number
- RO022-104001-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a N-facing slope. Described in 1979 as a circular area (diam. 34m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank S-W-NE (H c. 1m) and a scarp elsehwhere. The perimeter at E was overlain by a NE-SW field bank of a relict field system (RO022-104002-) of small rectangular fields covering c. 10 ha (c. 25 acres) (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.