Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bellacagher, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellacagher
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68069, -8.39486
- SMR number
- RO034-049----
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
Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank on the 1929 ed. It is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 52.5m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a defaced earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) SE-SSW (C 22m) and by a low scarp (H 0.25m) SSW-NNW. A field bank at E curves to avoid the perimeter. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.