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Ringfort - rath

Cuilrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cuilrevagh, 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
Cuilrevagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.81116, -8.11035
SMR number
RO023-077001-

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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 below the summit of the col between Greywood Hill c. 700m to the NNW and Mullaghcreigha c. 1km to the SSE, on the E-facing slope. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.6-5.8m; int. H 0.4-1.1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) SW-NE separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.9-8.1m; Wth of base 3.6-4m; D 1-1.2m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 6.2-7.8m; ext. H 0.5m) and external fosse (Wth of base 2.1-2.6m; D 0.3-0.5m) which survive NW-E-SE (max. ext. diam. c. 80m). There is no visible entrance although a possible entrance with a causeway has been noted at WSW (Gannon 1972), and the interior has been damaged by quarrying. Souterrain (RO023-077002-) is in the NW quadrant of the interior. Two fragments of quernstones (RO023-077003-; RO023-077004-) were found at the site, one of which is now in NMI but the other is now lost. Rath (RO023-070001-) is c. 220m to the NNW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.

Nearby in the register

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

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