Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Johnstown Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown Demesne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.35825, -8.01519
- SMR number
- RO055-002----
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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 only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m), and situated at the S end of a low N-S ridge. Overgrown D-shaped area (dims. C. 20m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.9-1.2m) SSE-WNW, but the remainder is removed by a NW-SE quarry-face.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassified1 mi
- Road - unclassified togher1 mi
- Structure - peatland1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.