Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardsallagh Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardsallagh Beg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62307, -8.17767
- SMR number
- RO039-056----
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 slight E-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. Circular overgrown area with mature trees on the perimeter (diam. 20.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8-3.9m; int. H 0.25-0.75m; ext. H 0.15-0.75m). There is no visible fosse, but there is an entrance (Wth 1.2m) at WSW. Extensive testing (04E1244) in the field to the SE in 2004 failed to produce any related archaeological material (Morahan 2007c)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Morahan, L 2007c Ardsallagh Beg. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of arc archaeological excavations in Ireland, 371, No. 1431. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.