Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowmore (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47259, -8.21595
- SMR number
- RO047-040002-
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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
Marked as a large oval area (dims c. 75m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shoulder of a S-facing slope. It is visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: APH 40-42) as a large slightly domed area (diam. c. 60m) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse with entrances at N, E and S. The interior was overlain by some field banks of field system (RO047-040003-). It was reclaimed in the late 1960s and is no longer visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO047-040001-) is c. 70m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.