Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownageelaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownageelaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77156, -8.24599
- SMR number
- RO028-022----
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
Marked as an arc of a bank (diam. c. 35m) S-W-N on the 1837 and 1930 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a broad plateau. D-shaped grass-covered area (int. diam. 30m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 6m; max. H 0.2m) S-W-N, but the perimeter is not visible elsewhere.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.