Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghamannan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghamannan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79430, -8.00877
- SMR number
- RO024-015----
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 a gentle SE-facing slope at the E foot of a NNE-SSW ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 27.7m E-W; 23.4m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) WNW-E-S separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; Wth of base 2-3m) from an outer bank incorporated into an overgrown field bank (Wth 2.3-2.7m; int. H 0.9-1.5m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m). There is a modern entrance at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.