Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonycarran More, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonycarran More
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74685, -8.08052
- SMR number
- RO029-105----
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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
Towards the bottom of the gentle NW-facing slope of Slieve Bawn. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 39m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.3m; int. H 1.1-1.4m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) and an outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.4m) NNW-E-SW. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at SE, and a drystone wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m) is built on top of the bank all around.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.