Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonca, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonca
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Bivallate embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53654, -8.26007
- SMR number
- RO044-010----
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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 gentle W-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 36.5m NE-SW; 30.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-7.8m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.2m) which is reduced to a scarp at NE and an external fosse (Wth of top 5.5-8m; Wth of base 1.7-2.5m; D 0.3-0.5m). A berm (Wth c. 2m) separates the fosse from an outer bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.5m) with its own outer fosse (Wth of top 3-6m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.1-0.2m). There is a third outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.1-0.2m) with its own outer fosse (Wth of top 3-6m; Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.15m) SE-SW which merges with the middle bank at SW (max. ext. diam. 70m NE-SW). The middle and outer banks and fosses are truncated by a NE-SW bank at E. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.