Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockcroghery, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockcroghery
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56671, -8.09471
- SMR number
- RO042-063----
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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 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), and situated at the crest of the N end of a short NNW-SSE ridge with outcropping rock. Described as a subcircular area (dims 39m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). An arc (C 33m) of an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.8m) NE-S survives SE of a NE-SW field wall. A hearth (diam. 0.6-0.7m) was found in archaeological testing (02E0616) c. 75m to the NW (Morahan 2004a). Rath (RO042-064----) is c. 180m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Morahan, L. 2004a Galey: charcoal spread. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 454-5, No. 1608. Bray. Wordwell.
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
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