Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonageeragh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonageeragh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67874, -8.10138
- SMR number
- RO036-061----
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
On the S-facing slope of a low hill. Described in 1987 as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 45m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 4.4-6.5m; H 0.15-0.25m). There was no visible fosse but there was a gap (Wth 5m) at W (SMR file). It is now a circular dished and grass-covered area (diam. c. 45m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m). Rath (RO036-028----) is c. 70m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.