Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (Ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (Ballymoe By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69398, -8.34215
- SMR number
- RO034-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.8m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2-4.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1m) NNE-E-SSW and a scarp (H 1m) WSW-NNW. The perimeter has been quarried away SSW-WSW and NNW-NNE (dim. 26m NE-SW). There is an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7.5m; Wth of base 2.3-3.4m; D 0.1m at NE to 1.05m at NW), and the entrance (Wth 2m) and causeway (Wth 6m) are at SE.
See the attached aerial views taken from the NW (001) and ESE (007)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.