Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonrollagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonrollagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.40497, -8.04567
- SMR number
- RO051-042----
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
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape. A low bank (at N: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9) survives W-N-E (diam. c. 30m E-W) overlain by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; H 1m). The perimeter at S is formed by an E-W field bank. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance and the interior is overgrown. The earthwork (RO051-041----) is c. 130m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.