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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66993, -8.34980
- SMR number
- RO034-085----
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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 an enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 9,10). It is situated on the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 35m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m) at S. It has been truncated by a field bank at W. Rath (RO034-084----) is c. 40m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.