Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownagullagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownagullagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79850, -8.09145
- SMR number
- RO023-126----
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
Just off the crest at the S end of the high NW-SE ridge of Mullaghcreigha Hill. Circular area (diam. 31.8m N-S; 31.5m E-W), overgrown with copised hazel and sloping down to the E (H of slope 1.4m), defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.8-5.9m; int. H 0.2-0.7m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.6m at N) and shallow outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8-5.9m; Wth of base 1.6-2.2m; D 0.2-0.6m). The entrance (Wth 2.4m) and causeway (Wth c. 5m) are at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.