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Ringfort - rath

Drinaun, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drinaun, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drinaun
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.80718, -8.16051
SMR number
RO023-058----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Just off the summit of an E-W ridge, on the N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.4m E-W; 39.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9-4.1m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) with inner facing-stones SE-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) SW-NW, separated by a fosse (Wth of top 3.9-5.6m; Wth of base 2.2-2.6m; D 1-2m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.9-4.9m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m), which has inner and outer facing-stones at N. The outer bank is removed and the fosse re-cut as a drain NNE-SE (max. ext. diam. 58m N-S). The original entrance is not identified, and both banks and the fosse are overgrown. Rath (RO023-056----) is c. 130m to the W, rath (RO023-057----) is c. 200m to the SW, and rath (RO023-059----) is c. 220m to the ENE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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