Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigeenagappul (roscommon By.),clooneigh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeenagappul (roscommon By.),clooneigh (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78423, -8.19112
- SMR number
- RO022-136----
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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 a gentle SE-facing slope at the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 41.3m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m at S to 1m at W; ext. H 0.7m at S to 1.3m at W and E), with internal facing-stones at S. There is no visible fosse, and the entrance cannot be identified. Rath (RO022-130----) is c. 250m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.