Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltrustan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltrustan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81232, -8.10322
- SMR number
- RO023-080----
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
On a gentle S-facing slope on a fairly level landscape. Circular grass and reed-covered area (diam. 33.2m E-W; 32.9m N-S) defined by the shallow remains of a reed-filled fosse (Wth 3.6-4.5m; D 0.1-0.2m). The monument is bisected by an ENE-WSW field wall and hedge.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.