Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athleague
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56770, -8.26271
- SMR number
- RO041-047----
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
Marked only on the 1928 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floodplain of a SE-NW section of the River Suck c. 120m to the N, with Fort Lyster house c. 50m to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40.2m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by an earthen bank planted with deciduous trees (Wth 2.6-4.6m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1.3m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) E-S. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.