Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ardkeenan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkeenan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.39049, -8.05883
- SMR number
- RO051-063001-
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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
On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 50.6m NNW-SSE; 42.5m ENE-WSW) defined by the remains of a stone wall (at SE: original Wth 1.55m) overlain by a drystone wall and hedge, and obscured by field stones. The original entrance is not identified. At SE is a children's burial ground (RO051-063002-), visible as a triangular enclosure (ext. dims 18m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by the remains of stone walls at N and W and the inner face of the cashel wall at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.