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Ringfort - rath

Rathbrenan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathbrenan, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathbrenan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.64139, -8.24591
SMR number
RO039-035001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · 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

Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 57.8m NW-SE; 53.8m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5.4m; int. H 0.3-0.45m; ext. H 1.3-2.25m), and an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6.8m; Wth of base 1.8-3m; D 0.35-0.6m). There are entrances at NE (Wth 2m), S (Wth 3.5m), WNW (Wth 2m) and ESE (Wth 2m), the latter with a causeway connecting to rath (RO039-035002-), whose fosse appears to cut that of this rath, although the causeway might not be original (max. ext. diam. 66.4m N-S). There was a subrectangular enclosure or annexe (RO039-035004-) (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 70m N-S) or, more probably, a field bank to the S, connecting with rath (RO039-035002-) and defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.6m) (Knox 1915, 289) that no longer survives.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Knox, H.T. 1915 Rath Brenainn. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 45, 287-99.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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