Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonyquin (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonyquin (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63591, -8.26165
- SMR number
- RO039-032----
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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 and rush-covered area (diam. 41.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some scrub (Wth 2.9-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-1.2m) separated by a wet fosse (Wth of top 7-7.3m; Wth of base 2-4.1m; D 0.65m at S to 1.4m at W) from an outer bank (at W: Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.45m) which only survives SW-NNW. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at N, and the outer edge of the fosse is truncated NNW-NE, by an E-W field boundary.
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.