Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrick (athlone South By.) (detached Portion), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrick (athlone South By.) (detached Portion)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.49501, -8.05430
- SMR number
- RO045-194----
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
Towards the bottom of a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.8m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.7m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.95-1.5m), with a fosse (Wth of top 6.4m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) SW-W. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at W, and there are lazy-beds and small clearance cairns in the interior.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.