Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cuilmore (roscommon By., Ballygarden Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuilmore (roscommon By., Ballygarden Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82476, -8.09464
- SMR number
- RO023-029----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
At the crest of the S-facing slope of a low drumlin. Oval grass-covered area (dims c. 34m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.7m; int. H 0.6-1.1m; ext. H 1.7-2.2m) which is most massive (Wth 6.9m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.4-3m) E-S, separated by a fosse (Wth of top 5.6-8.3m; Wth of base 3.2-5m; D 1-1.6m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.5-5.2m; ext. H 1m) which has been incorporated into a field bank NW-NNE and removed NNE-NE. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 2.8m) and outer (Wth 2.9m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.4-0.8m) at ESE. Both banks and the fosse are overgrown (max. ext. dims 66.6m E-W; 51m N-S). Rath (RO023-028----) is c. 150m to the NW.
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
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.