Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardkeenagh (plunkett), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkeenagh (plunkett)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77149, -8.21867
- SMR number
- RO028-029001-
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
At a crest on a S and E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 50m WNW-ESE; 41.1m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.6m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) SE-W, and a fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.2m) W-NW. The original entrance cannot be recognised, and field banks of field system (RO028-025001-) are attached to the perimeter at E, S and SW. Rath (RO028-028002-) is c. 90m to the NW, and enclosure (RO028-031001-) is c. 120m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.