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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65360, -8.16112
- SMR number
- RO040-005----
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
At the NE end of a small rise. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 37.2m N-S; 36.4m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.9-1.4m), with a hedge on the perimeter NNE-ESE, and a slight rounded fosse (Wth of top 4.3-5m; Wth of base 1.8-5.5m; D 0.05-0.1m) SW-NNE. There is no identifiable entrance. Rath (RO040-006----) is c. 90m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.