Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (ballintober South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73265, -8.23832
- SMR number
- RO028-184001-
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 gentle NE-facing slope. Subcircularl grass-covered but poached area (dims 42.6m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) NE-SE, and a scarp (H 1-1.4m) elsewhere. There is a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; Wth of base 3.9-5.5m; D 0.3-0.35m) S-NW, and the entrance (Wth 2m) is at ENE. Souterrain (RO028-184002-) is inside the perimeter at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.