Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigan More, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigan More
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52278, -8.06872
- SMR number
- RO045-096----
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 slight NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 39m NE-SW; 36.6m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with trees which is incorporated into a field bank (at SW: Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) SE-W-N, but which cannot be traced N-SE, and an outer silted ditch (at SW: Wth of top 3.3m; Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.35m) SE-SW. There is no evidence of an original entrance.
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.