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Ringfort - rath

Ballinlig (Athlone North By., Fuerty ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinlig, 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
Ballinlig (Athlone North By., Fuerty ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.60166, -8.28818
SMR number
RO041-003----

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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

On the gentle W-facing slope of a low hill overlooking a N-S section of the River Suck, c. 110m to the W. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 69.7m E-W; 62.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.2-7.6m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5m at N to 1.3-1.8m generally) NW-E-SW which has been quarried elsewhere, separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 10-12.3m; Wth of base 3.2-6.5m; D 1.1-1.6m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.7-6.7m; H 0.15-0.6m) SW-NE which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 2.6-3.3m; ext. H 0.75-1.4m) NE-SW. There is an entrance through both banks, and a causeway (Wth 4.5m), at SE, and there is a raised and curved platform (dims c. 30m N-S; 17.5m E-W; H 0.4m) against the inner bank at E (max. ext. dims 97.5m E-W; 94.4m N-S).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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