Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corry (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corry (ballintober South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68120, -8.12058
- SMR number
- RO036-023----
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 only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature, and situated on a flat, low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 36m N-S; c. 36m E-W) defined by a field drain S-W and by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) with an outer fosse or silted drain (Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.2-0.4m) W-ENE, while the remainder of the perimeter is defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). The datestone (RO036-065----) was found c. 50m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.