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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72827, -8.21170
- SMR number
- RO028-206008-
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 the outer edge of a shelf on a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m E-W; 48.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.7m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m). There is no visible fosse, and the entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at ESE. There is a hut-site (RO028-206010-) (ext. dims 5.3m E-W; 3.5m N-S) defined by a stone footing (H 0.3-0.4m) just S of the centre, and the rath is overlain by a WNW-ESE field wall N of the centre.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.