Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Roxborough, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roxborough
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65736, -8.17207
- SMR number
- RO039-022----
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
Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 47.8m N-S; 45.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8-8.5m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.1-0.35m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO039-021----) is c. 170m to the W and the possible rath (RO039-023----) is c. 170m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.