Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrydonnell, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrydonnell
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.60522, -8.16018
- SMR number
- RO040-037----
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 flat low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.9m E-W; 31.1m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7.7-8.3m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 2.2m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 7.7-8.8m; Wth of base 2.1-3.1m; D 0.6-1m), with an outer bank (at N: Wth 6.7m; ext. H 0.3m) W-ENE. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2.1m) and causeway (Wth 3.6m) at SE, but the inner bank (int. H 0.3m) and fosse (ext. D 0.3m) have been almost completely removed ESE-WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.