Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cuillawinnia, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuillawinnia
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52943, -8.19620
- SMR number
- RO044-045001-
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
Situated on a N-facing slope and first recorded by Gannon (1972). Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.3m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (at N: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) NW-E-SE with facing-stones (Wth of wall 1.8-2m) visible at N and E. The perimeter is defined by a drystone field wall SE-W-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at NNE. The W part of the interior is raised (H 0.7m) and contains souterrain (RO044-045002-). Rath (RO044-046001-) is c. 185m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.