Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toberpatrick, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberpatrick
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80846, -8.07635
- SMR number
- RO023-094----
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
Marked as an oval embanked and wooded enclosure (ext. dims c. 70m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a small oval wood (dims c. 60m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) on the 1914 ed. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 45.8m N-S; 31.9m E-W) with some tree-stumps defined by a low overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.5-1.4m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.1-4.6m; Wth of base 2-2.4m; D 0.4-0.6m), both of which have been removed SSW-WSW to create a pond. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO023-095001-) is c. 125m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.