Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Milltown (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45313, -8.18589
- SMR number
- RO047-058002-
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 as a large stone-walled enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 31-2) although the perimeter is incomplete N-E. Situated on a rise overlooking Milltown castle (RO047-058001-) c. 180m to the NW and low-lying basins to the W and N. It is not visible now at ground level in reclaimed pasture.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.