Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tuam, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuam
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70358, -8.11896
- SMR number
- RO036-011----
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
Marked as an oval enclosure (diam. c. 60m NW-SE: c. 35m NE-SW) with trees on the perimeter on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular feature (diam. c. 55m) on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.