Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corrastoona Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corrastoona Beg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69216, -8.38921
- SMR number
- RO034-031----
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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 a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46.6m E-W; 42.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m at S to 5.3m at W; int. H 0.1m at N and S to 0.45m at W; ext. H 0.65m at S to 1.9m at W) and hedge, with a rounded fosse (at W: Wth of top 8.7m; Wth of base 4m; ext. D 0.8m) and outer bank (at W: Wth 2.7m; ext. H 0.1m) SSW-NNW (max. surviving dim. 58m E-W). There is no visible entrance, and the outer bank is incorporated in a field bank NNW-NE. Rath (RO034-030----) is c. 90m t the NW.
See the attached aerial view taken from the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.