Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Knockroe (idrone East By.), County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (idrone East By.)
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59235, -6.79132
- SMR number
- CW023-011----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Indicated on the 1908 'OS 6-inch' map but not on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. On the summit of Knockroe, in rough, rocky terrain. The ruins of a rectangular dry-stone building (6.9m SE-NW; 3.6m NE-SW; max. H 1.4m; T of walls 0.7m) with an internal division and external buttresses.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.