Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bellacagher, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellacagher
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68335, -8.38577
- SMR number
- RO034-033----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight SW-facing slope. Described as a subrectangular area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, a wide rounded fosse and an outer bank with an entrance causeway at SSW (Gannon 1972). It was removed during 1995 and is not now visible at ground level in pasture. It is visible as a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims c. 42m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 5m) on Digitalglobe images.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.