Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derreen (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreen (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71924, -8.13076
- SMR number
- RO036-003----
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
At the S edge of a low plateau overlooking a broad basin to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.3m N-S; 35.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4-5.5m; int. H 0.5m at E to 0.9m at N; ext. H 1-1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) ESE-WSW, and a complete flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5.3m; Wth of base 1.8-2.3m; D 0.1-0.4m) which is best preserved (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 4.3m; D 0.7m) NNW-NNE. There is a modern entrance (Wth 2.8m) at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.