Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72322, -8.16819
- SMR number
- RO028-213----
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 shelf in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 59.3m E-W; 54.2m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.4m) with a fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1.4m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.15m) SSE-W and by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) N-SSE. There is no identifiable original entrance, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NE-SW road bank at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.