Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathbarna,southpark Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbarna,southpark Demesne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75665, -8.42409
- SMR number
- RO027-011----
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 W-facing slope at the N end of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 45.5m NNE-SSW; 42m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) NE-E-SW incorporated into a field bank and townland boundary with Southpark Demesne elsewhere, and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.4-6.3m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.4-0.8m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-) is c. 60m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.