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Ringfort - rath

Creeharmore, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Creeharmore, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Creeharmore
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.49001, -8.27796
SMR number
RO044-078002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Just inside the entrance of the promontory fort (RO044-078003-) which is at the NW end of a low NW-SE ridge, and c. 130-170m from a N-S section of river Suck. Raised subcircular grass-covered platform (dims of top 26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW; H 2.5-2.7m) surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.7-9m; Wth of base 3.4m; D 1.1m) with bushes, and an outer bank (Wth 4.5m; max. H 0.7m) S-W-NE. There is a house-site (RO044-078004-) visible as a stone-lined depression (int. dims c. 3m NNE-SSW; c. 1.5m WNW-ESE) on the summit. A slightly raised rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO044-078005-) (dims 8m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) is attached to the NW. At NNW the fosse has an outlet channel running NW (L 43m; Wth of base 1.5m at S to 8.5m at N) defined by earthen banks (Wth 5-6.4m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 0.7m) on either side, that at W truncating the enclosure or annexe. The mound (RO044-078001-) is incorporated in the E outlet bank at the junction with the fosse.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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