Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackan (Roscommon By., Kilgefin ED), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan (Roscommon By., Kilgefin ED)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72703, -8.09391
- SMR number
- RO029-127----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the lower W-facing slope of Slieve Bawn. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 35.3m N-S; 31.9m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m), which is reduced to a grass-covered scarp (H 0.6m) S-NW. A shallow fosse (Wth of top 3-4.2m; Wth of base 1.4-3.1m; D 0.1-0.6m) is visible WNW-E-WSW, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-128----) is c. 200m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.