Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Jamestown, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.49289, -8.22650
- SMR number
- RO044-082003-
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
At the crest of the NE-facing slope of a SE-NW spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.5m NE-SW; 32.5m NW-SE) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.7-7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) at SE, separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6-8m; Wth of base 1.5-3m; D 0.65-1m) from an outer bank (Wth 3-3.5m; ext. H 0.25-0.75m). The entrance (Wth 1.8m) and causeway are at NE, and there are lazy beds in the interior (max. ext. dims 49.5m NE-SW; 47m NW-SE). Rath (RO044-082001-) is c. 5m to the NW.
See the attached aerial view taken from the W with this monument in the background.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.