Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryhippoo, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryhippoo
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.60731, -8.33894
- SMR number
- RO038-042001-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.7m E-W; 30.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-4.7m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.2-0.8m) SSE-W-NNW, and a scarp (H 0.35-1.1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the damaged perimeter grows mature deciduous trees. A hut-site (RO038-042002-) (ext. diam. 6m) defined by a low earthen bank which was inside the perimeter at ESE in 1975 (SMR file) is no longer evident.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.