Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rackans, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rackans
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48240, -8.08289
- SMR number
- RO048-184----
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 bottom of a W-facing slope. Subrectangular grass-covered area (dims 28m E-W; 19.5m N-S at W to 24.5m N-S at E) defined by an earthen bank on all sides except E where it merges into the slope, but the bank is most substantial at W (Wth 5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H. 1.25m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and an oval depression (dims 9.2m E-W; 6.7m N-S; D 0.3m) is 9m E of the enclosure. It is regarded locally as a rath, which it probably is.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.