Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59525, -8.23448
- SMR number
- RO041-017----
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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 W and N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 58.6m E-W; 54.4m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6.2-6.9m; int. H 0.2-0.7m; ext. H 1.4-1.7m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.4-9.4m; Wth of base 1-2m; D 1.05-1.4m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 2.1-5.4m; H 0.95-1.3m) and an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3-3.6m; Wth of base 0.8-1.1m; ext. D 0.25-0.45m). A berm (max. Wth 1.5m) separates the inner fosse and outer bank NW-ENE, and the entrance through both banks with causeways (Wth 3.2m) across both fosses is at N (max. ext. diam. 83.6m E-w; 81.1m N-S).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.