Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cams, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cams
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64989, -8.26871
- SMR number
- RO039-002----
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 gentle NW-facing slope. Described as a circular area (diam. 46m) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but is visible as a vegetation mark (int. diam. c. 50m) defined by a single fosse feature in aerial photographs (ASIAP (186) 35-7), and it is also visible on OSI images (c. 2010).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 1 June 2018
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.