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Ringfort - rath

Derrane, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Derrane
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.67426, -8.19703
SMR number
RO035-087----

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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

On a NE-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 28m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4-2.9m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25-0.35m) NW-SE. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but a quarry was dug inside the perimeter at E. The monument is truncated by a WNW-ESE field wall at S and nothing survives visibly S of this feature. A trial trench (99E0561) just N of the perimeter (Crumlish 2000a), and monitoring (00E0279) of roadworks (Joubert 2002) just to the W did not reveal any outer features. The possible rath (RO035-086----) is c. 150m to the NW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Joubert, S. 2002 Derrane, monitoring. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 292, No. 854. Bray. Wordwell.

Crumlish, R. 2000a Derrane, adjacent to earthwork. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 268-9, No. 766. Bray. Wordwell.

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