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Ringfort - rath

Garrynphort (Athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Garrynphort, 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
Garrynphort (Athlone South By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.48923, -8.19247
SMR number
RO047-019001-

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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 an undulating landscape within the field system (RO047-019002-). Oval grass and scrub-covered area (int. dims 31m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank best preserved (Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) E-S, and a slight scarp elsewhere, but the perimeter cannot be traced N-NE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The interior is uneven, and there is a hut-site (RO047-019003-) (int. diam. 7m) defined by a slight bank (Wth c. 1m) on a rise inside the perimeter at NW. Cashel (RO047-019004-) is c. 200m to the SE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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