Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bunnamucka, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunnamucka
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78340, -8.12447
- SMR number
- RO023-160----
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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
On a gentle E-facing slope. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 37.5m E-W; 34.7m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.9-1.1m), and a fosse (Wth of top 3.5-4.1m; Wth of base 2.2-2.9m; D 0.3-0.4m) NNE-E-SW. There are modernised entrances at NW (Wth 4m) and SE (Wth 4m), and the fosse is curtailed by an NE-SW road bank at N and skirted by an E-W field bank at S. Rath (RO023-158----) is c. 210m to the WNW and the castle (RO023-159----) is c. 30m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.