Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackan (athlone North By., Lackan Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan (athlone North By., Lackan Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53675, -8.15923
- SMR number
- RO045-006----
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
On a S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34.6m N-S; c. 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.9-8.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.45-1m) and outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 7.8m; Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.75m), with the remnants of an outer bank (at S: Wth 5.1m; ext. H 0.5m) SSE-WSW and WNW-NNW. There is no identifiable original entrance, but there are slight traces of a causeway at SE.
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.