Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowndrisha,mountplunkett, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowndrisha,mountplunkett
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56079, -8.06078
- SMR number
- RO042-070----
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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 the crest of the W-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46.4m NNW-SSE; 45.7m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight scrub-covered earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.1m) and an outer fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 5.4m; Wth of base 2.3m; ext. D 0.35m). There is no identifiable original entrance, and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank and townland boundary with Mounplunkett N-SE. Rath (RO042-071001-) is c. 100m to the E, and rath (RO042-071002-) is c. 70m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.