Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyvannan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyvannan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48326, -8.03179
- SMR number
- RO048-046----
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Shown on 5 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
On an undulating landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. 39.7m NNW-SSE; 36.7m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.85m) NW-E with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2m) best preserved NNW-N, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H c. 0.7m) obscured with spoil elsewhere. The original entrance is cannot be identified. Earthwork (RO048-045----) is c. 40m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.