Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Demesne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77482, -8.48717
- SMR number
- RO026-030----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 S end of the crest of a NW-SE ridge in mixed woodland. Circular grass and tree-covered area (diam. 26.2m N-S; 25.4m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) NNW-NNE and a low scarp (H 0.5m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance. A trench excavated (98E0515) through the interior (Connolly 2000) failed to recover any evidence of activity earlier than the 18th century.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Connolly, A. 2000 Demesne possible tree ring? In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 178, No. 557. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Racecourseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.