Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonslanor, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonslanor
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76171, -8.12375
- SMR number
- RO029-060----
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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 S-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 46m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S-W: Wth 3.4-3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m; at N-E: Wth 5.6-6.3m; int. H 0.7-0.8m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4-5.6m; Wth of base 1.2-2.8m; D 0.8-0.9m). The bank has been incorporated into field banks NW-E-S, and the fosse has been re-cut as a drain NNE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-016----) is c. 180m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.