Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74316, -8.33308
- SMR number
- RO027-044----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In a SE-NW valley-bottom. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 29m NE-SW; 28.1m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.4-3.4m; Wth of base 1.2-1.6m; D 0.3-0.5m) N-W. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a NE-SW field bank overlies the interior towards the perimeter at SE (max. ext. diam. 36m NE-SW). It has been removed since 2005 (OSI images, c. 2012).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.