Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cuilrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuilrevagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81554, -8.11766
- SMR number
- RO023-065----
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
Towards the top of the S-facing slope of Greywood Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40.5m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2m; Wth of top 2-2.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5.2m; Wth of base 2.4-2.7m; D 0.5-1.1m) which only survive E-S-NW (max. ext. diam. 54.9m E-W). There is no identifiable original entrance, but the monument is circumscribed by a farm lane SE-W-NW. It has been removed by quarrying since 1996 (Bing c. 2013).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 17 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.