Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glenrevagh (athlone North By., Athleague East Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenrevagh (athlone North By., Athleague East Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55199, -8.15263
- SMR number
- RO042-076----
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
On a NE-facing slope in a col with hills c. 2.5km to the NNW and c. 600m to the W, and at the head of a SE-NW valley. Oval scrub-covered area (dims 37.6m NNW-SSE; 30.3m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank with bushes and scrub (Wth 3.6-5m; int. H 0.75-1.2m; ext. H 2.15-2.4m) and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.4-7m; Wth of base 1.7-3.3m; D 0.65-1m), with an outer bank (at NNW: Wth 4m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-ESE. The entrance (Wth 1.4m) and causeway are at ENE.
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.