Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Bridgecartron Or Derrycashel, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bridgecartron Or Derrycashel
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04959, -8.18926
- SMR number
- RO003-021----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low rise. D-shaped overgrown area (dims. c. 20m E-W; c. 17m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) S-NW and a stone-covered scarp (H 0.4m) NW-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. A NE-SW field bank and hedge truncate the perimeter at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.