Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathmore (roscommon By., Creeve Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (roscommon By., Creeve Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83416, -8.09171
- SMR number
- RO023-209001-
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
On top of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3-0.5m) SW-N-E, which is best preserved (Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.1m) with an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.5m) SW-NW where it is incorporated into a N-S field bank and hedge. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) E-SW. The entrance and causeway (Wth 3m) are at ESE, and lead into the centre of rath (RO023-209002-) which this monument cuts. The N-S field bank at the W edge has been removed since 2001 (Bing c. 2013).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.