Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clooneigh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooneigh (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78487, -8.20297
- SMR number
- RO022-128001-
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
On the crest of a broad E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 33.6m E-W; 30.6m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.1m at E to 0.6-0.8m W-N; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.5m at S), with inner facing-stones E-S, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.4-6.2m; Wth of base 2.5-3m; D 0.3-0.5m). The entrance (Wth 2m) and causeway (Wth 4m) are at E, and there is a modern entrance (Wth 2.5m) at WNW. The monument is surrounded by a drystone wall. Rath (RO022-127----) is c. 300m to the W and rath (RO022-129----) is c. 200m to the ENE along the ridge.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.