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Ringfort - rath

Killiaghan And Gort, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killiaghan And Gort, 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
Killiaghan And Gort
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51925, -8.03538
SMR number
RO045-119----

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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

On the crest at the N end of a slight NNW-SSE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.4m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.55-0.85m), with inner and outer facing-stones at S (Wth 1.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO045-117----) is c. 160m to the WSW and cashel (RO045-118001-) is c. 210m to the SW. Archaeological testing (03E0288) immediately to the S failed to produce any related material (Delany 2006a).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Delaney, D. 2006a Killiaghan and Gort: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett, (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 423, No. 1581. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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