Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drummod, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drummod
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enlcosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83056, -8.07238
- SMR number
- RO023-033----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a drumlin. An arc of an earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) survives incorporated into a field bank and hedge NE-S-SW encompassing a circular area (diam. c. 60m), but the perimeter is truncated by a NW-SE farm lane and sheds at W and cannot be traced elsewhere. Archaeological testing (11E0265) immediately to the E and S failed to produce any related archaeological material (Morahan 2011). See Excavations.ie (2011:527).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 May, 2018
Amended: 4 February 2020
References
Morahan, L. 2011 Section of excavated ground at a dwelling house at Dromod, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Licence No. 11E0265. Unpublished report, Author.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.