Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Manor, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Manor
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74208, -8.23820
- SMR number
- RO028-151----
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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 the E-facing slope at the E end of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22.5m N-S; 21.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1-1.1m) WNW-NW, which has been reduced to a scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO028-149----) is c. 200m to the ENE and rath (RO028-152----) is c. 70m to the W. (Herity 1987a, fig. 27, Manor 9)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. 1987a A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connaught. 3. Ringforts and ecclesiastical sites. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117, 125-41.
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