Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cuilleenirwan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuilleenirwan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47206, -8.18599
- SMR number
- RO047-044001-
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
Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 471-2) and situated on a SE-facing slope with karst outcrop. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 22.7m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) defined by the base of a stone wall (Wth 1.1-1.4m; H 0.2-0.4m) with no recognisable entrance. A NE-SW field wall of field system (RO047-044002-) is attached to the perimeter at NE and another at NW.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.