Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Curry (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curry (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46027, -8.15088
- SMR number
- RO048-066----
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
On a rise in an undulating karst landscape. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 30m NE-SW; 28.4m NW-SE) defined by a grass and moss-covered stone spread (Wth 5.7-6.2m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE, and there are some clearance cairns in the interior.
See the attached view taken by Markus Casey c. 2004
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.