Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Altore, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altore
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69253, -8.67682
- SMR number
- RO032-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Just off the crest of a low N-S ridge, on the SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36.3m E-W; 35.2m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank and hedge (Wth of base 4-4.7m; Wth of top 1.2-1.6m; int. H 0.2m at W to 0.8m at S; ext. H 1.4m at E to 2.1m at S) which has many gaps, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 2.8-3.4m; D 1.1-1.4m). An outer bank (Wth 3.8-5.1m; H 0.15m at N to 1.5m at E), which has inner and outer facing-stones W-NW and many gaps, has been removed NE-SE. The original entrance is not identifiable.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 17th/18th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.