Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rattinagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattinagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81571, -8.06715
- SMR number
- RO023-100----
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
At the S end of the broad crest of a N-S ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 38m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1-1.4m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 2m) SE-SSW, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.7-6.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.5-0.8m) which has been deepened into a pond (dims c. 8m x c. 6m; D 1.2m) at NE. The original entrance is not identified. The large enclosure (RO023-099001-) is c. 150m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.