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Ringfort - rath

Doonard More, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Doonard More, 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
Doonard More
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.80034, -8.12997
SMR number
RO023-188001-

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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

On the crest at the W end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 72.4m N-S; 43.9m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6-8.8m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 2-3.4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.6-8.5m; Wth of base 2.8-4.9m; D 1.1-1.7m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 3.4-5m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m). The entrance (Wth 4m) and causeway (Wth 4m) are at SW, and the outer bank does not survive SE-SW. The remains of a large building (RO023-188002-) abuts the inner edge of the inner bank at N as a slight grass-covered stoney platform (dims 30m N-S; 8m E-W) with the foundations of walls visible at its SW angle. This monument cuts the W edge of the D-shaped enclosure (RO023-188003-) which could have served this monument as an annexe.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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