Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killeglan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeglan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41946, -8.18851
- SMR number
- RO050-005----
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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
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 35.6m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth c. 3m) WNW-N-SE, with facing-stones visible (original Wth 1.7m) NNE-ENE. It is bisected by a WNW-ESE field wall and does not survive visibly SW of this. There is no identifiable original entrance or internal features. The ringfort (RO051-004----) is c. 130m to the W. Archaeological testing (09E0530) c. 40m to the NE produced no related archaeological material (Wilkinson 2012).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 June, 2012
References
Wilkinson, F. 2012 Kileglan: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 183, No. 705. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
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- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.