Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Demesne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Farn Green
- Coordinates
- 53.76909, -8.48993
- SMR number
- RO026-027----
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
Depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on an 18th-century map (Kelly, M. J. 2000), and situated on level ground in Castlerea town on the N bank of the ESE-WNW Francis River just after it turns SW before joining a N-S section of the River Suck. The location is now occupied by the cattle mart or is on the present line of the river.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Kelly, M.J. 2000 An early map of Castlerea. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 8, 21.
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.