Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crowsgap, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crowsgap
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56979, -8.13071
- SMR number
- RO042-053----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked as a hachured feature only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of the N end of a low NNW-ESE ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 53m N-S; c. 36m E-W) defined by slight traces of a fosse (at W: Wth of top 6.3m; int. D 0.35m; ext. D 0.35m) S-W-NE with a slight scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.