Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathmore (roscommon By., Creeve Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (roscommon By., Creeve Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82707, -8.08483
- SMR number
- RO023-031----
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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 S-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2-5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.1-5.4m; Wth of base 2.5-3.5m; D 0.7-1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.1-4.3m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m), which is incorporated into a field bank SW-N-E. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 3m) and outer (Wth 2.6m) banks, but no causeway, at SE. Both banks and the fosse are overgrown (max. ext. dims 53.5m E-W; 51.8m N-S).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.