Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathpeak, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathpeak
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.33496, -8.14001
- SMR number
- RO054-021----
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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
The name Rath na Sluagh - the rath of the crowds - was recorded by John O'Donovan in the 1830s for this monument (Herity 2010, 15). It is situated on a slight knoll. It is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 45m E-W; 42.5m N-S) sloping down to the SE defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 1.3-1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) NNE-SSE. This is separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.7-6.3m; Wth of base 2.2-3.2m; D 0.4-0.9m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 4-4.5m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). There are traces of internal and external facing-stones on both banks. The entrance through the inner (Wth 4m) and outer (Wth 5m) banks and a causeway (Wth 8m) are at S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2010 Ordnance Survey Letters, Roscommon. Dublin, Fourmasters Press
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.