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Ringfort - rath

Curry (Roscommon By., Annaghmore ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Curry, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curry (Roscommon By., Annaghmore ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.79460, -8.08720
SMR number
RO023-132----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 60m E-W; c. 55m N-S) on the 1837 ed. and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 40m) SW-N on the 1914 ed. of the map. Situated towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope of Mullaghcreigha Hill, it is not visible at ground level in pasture. However, it is visible as a feature on a Lidar image (Davis 2015, 185, No. 70:4) as a circular area (diam. c. 35m), possibly with a bank on the perimeter, surrounded by what might be a fosse and outer bank (ext. diam. c. 65m) but the outermost feature is truncated by a N-S field bank at E and an E-W field bank at S.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Davis, S. 2015 N5 Strokestown - Ballaghderreen preferred route corridor: Lidar assessment. unpublished report for Roscommon County Council: UCD School of Archaeology

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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