Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowkeel (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (ballintober South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72570, -8.18123
- SMR number
- RO028-212001-
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 slight E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.9m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.3-5.4m; int. H 0.25-0.3m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m), with a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8.7m; Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.5m) and counterscarp bank (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.35m) NNW-SE. The outer edge of the fosse has been removed by an E-W field wall at S and a N-S field wall at W. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway (Wth 3.2m) are at S, and a hollow (dims 8m E-W; 2.5m N-S; D 0.4m) inside the perimeter at W may be a souterrain (RO028-212002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.