Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonakilly More, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonakilly More
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77896, -8.18043
- SMR number
- RO022-139----
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 a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.3m N-S; 47m E-W) sloping down to the S (H 1m) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.5m at E to 4.5m at W; int. H 0.3m E-S to 0.7m W-N; ext. H 0.9m at E to 1.4m at S). There is no visible fosse, and there are entrances at SSE (Wth 3.5m) and WNW (Wth 3m). It is overlain by a NNW-SSE field bank and hedge towards the perimeter at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.