Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annaghmore (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghmore (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79625, -8.14860
- SMR number
- RO023-109----
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 only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shelf of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 25m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9-3.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 3.4m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.3m) SW-W. The bank is incorporated into a field bank (at NE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m) NW-E, but the perimeter does not survive E-SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1987).
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.