Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonrabrackan,kilmore (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonrabrackan,kilmore (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78482, -8.07517
- SMR number
- RO023-180----
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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 the crest of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.2m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7-4.8m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.2-0.9m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) NE-SSE, separated by a fosse (Wth of top 5.7-7.3m; Wth of base 2.6-4m; D 0.6-0.9m) from an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.8-6m; H 0.9-1.1m). There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8-6.2m; Wth of base 3-4m; D 0.2-0.4m) NW-E-S which is expanded into ponds at E and S-W. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 3.5m) and outer (Wth 4m) banks at SW, while an E-W field bank and townland boundary that bisected the site has been removed. Rath (RO023-179----) is c. 190m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.