Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinturly (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinturly (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59686, -8.24044
- SMR number
- RO041-015----
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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 S-facing slope. Visible as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank NW-SE separated by a fosse from an outer bank and outer fosse (max. ext. diam. c. 100m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDK 71), and described as a circular area defined by two earthen banks and fosses (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, although the cropmark of an enclosure with two defining parched features representing banks can be seen on the OSI aerial images (2005, 2010). The rath (RO041-016----) is c. 10m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 25 June 2018
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.