Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortaphuill (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaphuill (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47945, -8.19316
- SMR number
- RO047-095----
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
Towards the E end of a broad W-E spur. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4.4-5.7m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.2m) which is overlain by a field wall N-E and which cannot be traced W-N. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO047-022----) is c 160m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.