Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountplunkett, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountplunkett
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55561, -8.04964
- SMR number
- RO042-110----
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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
Towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 38.5m NE-SW; 34.7m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 6.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.05m) and a rounded fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 6.7m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.4m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Raths (RO042-160----; RO042-111002-) are c. 160m and c. 190m to the NE and ENE respectively.
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.