Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bohagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bohagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74385, -8.40661
- SMR number
- RO027-037----
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 bluff overlooking a small ravine to the N and at the bottom of the S-facing slope of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Raised circular and grass-covered but dished area (diam. 20.5m NW-SE; 19.5m NE-SW; D 0.8m) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m at SE to 1.4-2m generally). There is no visible fosse, but an entrance ramp (Wth 1.4m) is at SE. The monument is overlain by a NE-SW field wall towards the perimeter at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.