Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Muckanagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckanagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82697, -8.04104
- SMR number
- RO023-041----
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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
Just off the crest of a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking Lough Kilglass, which is c. 150m to the SE. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.3m N-S; 31.8m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) with traces of external facing-stones at N, which has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.1-2m) NE-SSW, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3.5m; Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.2-0.5m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO023-039----) is c. 170m to the WNW and rath (RO023-040----) is c. 140m to the SW. Archaeological testing (07E0618) c. 100m to the E failed to produce any related material, (Henry 2010d).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Henry, M. 2010d Muckanagh: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 415, No. 1507. Dublin. Wordwell.
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