Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigans Park, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigans Park
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64847, -8.32365
- SMR number
- RO038-005001-
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 a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m E-W; 36.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-5.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) SE-W-NE, and a fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.1m) NW-NNE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO039-005003-) is c. 170m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.