Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonelly, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonelly
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74170, -8.16574
- SMR number
- RO029-088----
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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 low-lying, level landscape with a NW-SE stream or drain c. 100m to the SW. Subcircular reed-covered area (dims 31m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3.3m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.6-1m) and hedge with no visible fosse. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at WNW. Rath (RO028-158----) is c. 180m to the NNW, and fulacht fia (RO028-237----) is c. 50m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.