Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carnagh West, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnagh West
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.51331, -8.04401
- SMR number
- RO045-152----
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 gentle NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46.4m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.9-4m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.55-0.75m). There are slight traces of a fosse, but the entrance (Wth 3.9m) is at SE. The interior is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and farm lane. Rath (RO045-151----) is c. 160m to the W.
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.