Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oran, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oran
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67463, -8.34764
- SMR number
- RO034-079----
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
Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.15m at S to 1m at N (upslope); ext. H 1.1m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at E, but no trace of a fosse. There is a NNE-SSW field bank and hedge outside the perimeter at W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.