Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickbeg (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickbeg (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.49092, -8.09843
- SMR number
- RO045-174----
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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 the crest of the S-facing slope of a hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39.9m NNE-SSW; 38.5m WNW-ENE) defined by a poached earthen bank (Wth 5-5.5m; int. H 0.35-0.55m; ext. H 1.6-1.8m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7-7.6m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 1.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 3-3.3m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) which survives intermittently SSW-W-NE (max. ext. diam. 57.7m NNE-SSW). The entrance (Wth 3.4m) and causeway (Wth 4.6m) are at SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.