Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bellanamullia (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellanamullia (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77279, -8.05258
- SMR number
- RO029-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) with some trees and a rounded fosse (at E: Wth of top 3.6m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.4m) W-N-S. The bank is reduced to a scarp S-W and there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-040----) is c. 30m to the NE, and settlement (RO029-144----) is c. 100m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.