Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Kilroosk, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilroosk
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cairn
- Coordinates
- 54.34780, -8.17334
- SMR number
- LE007-010----
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the summit of Crocknagaple Hill. This is a grass-covered subcircular stony mound (dims of base 15.5m E-W; 13.4m N-S) with a flat top (dims 9m N-S; 10.2m E-W; H 0.6m at N to 1-1.6m) surrounded by a berm (Wth 0.4-0.7m) and an outer stone ring (Wth 2.2-2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m) (max. ext. diam. 20.6m E-W; 20.3m N-S). The central cairn is overlaid by peat (T c. 0.6m) and the edge of the central cairn and ring have been damaged E-SW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.