Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Kiltrustan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltrustan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80841, -8.10506
- SMR number
- RO023-081----
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 NE-facing slope of the NW-SE ridge of Mullaghcreigha Hill. Circular scrub-covered area (int. diam. 36.7m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by a grass-covered and overgrown stone spread (Wth 3.2-5.7m; int. H 0.2m at N to 1.3m at W; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) with intermittently visible facing-stones at E and W. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at ENE and a disused drystone-built well (dims 1.9m E-W; 0.9m N-S; D 0.1m) is about 2m below ground level on the line of the perimeter at N which is approached by steps from the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.