Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Culliagh Upper, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Culliagh Upper
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75893, -8.03784
- SMR number
- RO029-082----
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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 SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.3-4.5m; int. H 0.9m at N to 1.6m at S; ext. H 0.9m at N to 1.4m at S) and hedge with a fosse (Wth of top 3-4.3m; Wth of base 2.1-2.3m; D 0.5-0.9m). The bank is incorporated into a field bank NW-NE and the S part of the interior has been removed (D 1m). The entrance (Wth 2.8m) and causeway (Wth 3.5m) are at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.