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Ringfort - cashel

Cloonacaltry, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Cloonacaltry, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloonacaltry
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.44465, -8.14615
SMR number
RO048-097005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: K 17 W6), and situated on an undulating landscape of reclaimed karst. Subcirular grass-covered area with some bushes (int. dims 32.2m N-S; 28.2m N-S) defined by the inner and outer facing-stones of a wall (Wth 1.9-2m; max. H 0.7m). There is no identifiable original entrance. A low rectangular mound (dims 6m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.3m) with large stones (dims c. 0.8m x c. 0.6m x c. 0.4m) N of the centre and a rectangular area (dims 10m N-S; 4m E-W) strewn with smaller stones SW of the centre is known locally as a children's burial ground (RO048-097009-).

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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