Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlecoote, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecoote
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62301, -8.30823
- SMR number
- RO039-091----
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
Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (ASIAP (291) 20-22), and situated on a knoll in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 22.8m NE-SW; 20.3m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at SE to 1m at NW) SE-W-NE and berm (Wth 2-3m) S-W-N, with a slight fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.1m) NE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.