Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilbegnet, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbegnet
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62295, -8.38564
- SMR number
- RO038-028----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a subrectangular enclosure (dim. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. (Galway 19) of the OS 6-inch map, and as an arc of hachures (C c. 40m NE-SW) on the 1927 ed. Situated on the N-facing slope towards the W end of a WNW-ESE ridge. An arc (C c. 20m) of an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-5.9m; int. H 0.25-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-1.2m) and fosse (Wth of top 8.8m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.5-0.8m) survives ENE-S, but the outer edge of the fosse is damaged SE-S. There is an entrance (Wth 4m) through the bank at SSE, but the rest of the perimeter cannot be traced.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.