Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Roos, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roos
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63050, -9.05754
- SMR number
- MA119-007----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
In level good pasture, originally part of the demesne of Mount Jennings House.
Not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown as a subcircular hachured feature (diam. c. 15m) on the 1915 edition. No visible trace at ground level. An oak tree and a birch tree may stand on the location.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31st May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.