Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Legan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81439, -8.01599
- SMR number
- RO024-010----
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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 W-facing slope of a NNE-SSW ridge overlooking Kiglass Lough, c. 600m to the W. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 53m NE-SW; 46m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) ESE-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) SW-NW and incorporated into a field bank and hedge (at NE: Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3m) NW-ESE. The perimeter is accompanied by a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 5.4m; Wth of base 2m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 0.6m) SE-S-NW. There is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NE, and rath (RO024-011----) is c. 65m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.