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
- 53.45985, -8.13771
- SMR number
- RO048-068----
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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 landscape which was originally karst. Circular overgrown area (diam. 32.3m NNW-SSE; 31.1m ENE-WSW) defined by an overgrown stone spread best preserved N-SE (at ENE: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) with some facing-stones (at ENE: original Wth 2.2m). The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.