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Ringfort - rath

Carrowmore (Athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrowmore, 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
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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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

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

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

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