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Ringfort - rath

Dooherty, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Dooherty
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.71084, -8.19262
SMR number
RO035-014002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

At the crest of a slight E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44.8m N-S; 43m E-W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.5-8.8m; Wth of base 2.9-4.8m; D 0.65-1.4m) ENE-S-NNW with slight traces of an inner bank (L 7m; Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.35m) at WSW. The outer edge of the fosse is bounded by field banks E-S and WSW-WNW, and there is a quarry on the inner edge of the fosse at S. There is no identifiable original entrance, but souterrain (RO035-014003-) is inside the perimeter at NE. Rath (RO035-014001-) is c. 70m to the W, and a roadway (RO035-104002-) defined by slight scarps (H 0.03-0.1m) on either side extends N from the rath (L c. 200m). Archaeological testing (04E1297) immediately to the E of this road in 2004 produced no archaeological material (Read 2007h).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Read, C. 2007h Dooherty. No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 377, No. 1457. Dublin. Wordwell

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