Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlequarter, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69745, -8.68968
- SMR number
- RO032-034----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the crest of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) and hedge with traces of an external fosse (at S: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.1-0.2m) E-S (C 24m), and part of a bank at NW. Elsewhere it is defined by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 4.2m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.1m) at N. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a N-S field bank overlies the W edge of the monument. Rath (032-035----) is c. 35m to the S and rath (RO032-033001-) is c. 140m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.