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Ringfort - rath

Gortaphuill (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland: Gortaphuill (athlone North By.)
County: Roscommon
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map: Not indicated
Coordinates: 53.48206, -8.20346
SMR number: RO047-015003-

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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

Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 472-3) and situated on a gentle E-facing slope of a broad hill. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 60m) defined by an earthen bank best preserved S-NW (at S: Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) and an external flat-bottomed fosse (at S: Wth of top 3.7m; base 1.8m; D 0.3m; at W: Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.8m) with a slight outer bank (at W: Wth 3m; ext. H 0.4m), both preserved S-WSW, although the outer bank is incorporated into a modern field bank WSW-N. The rath is defined by a slight scarp (H 0.6-1m) N-E-S with slight traces of an outer fosse N-NE, and the perimeter is overlain by roadways (RO047-015006-) associated with the field system (RO047-015005-) at S. Cashel (RO047-015002-) is built on top of the rath, and cashel (RO047-015001-) is c. 250m to the W.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.

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