Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacfarrane, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacfarrane
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65198, -8.33496
- SMR number
- RO038-003----
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 crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.2m N-S; 37.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7-5.5m; int. H 0.1-0.45m; ext. H 0.3-0.75m) WNW-N-SSE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-0.45m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Spoil has been added to the monument since 1995.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.