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House - indeterminate date

Doon (Boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Doon, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Doon (Boyle By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ruin
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.01288, -8.27203
SMR number
RO003-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a ruin on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and described as a church (OS Name Books). Situated in a mature deciduous wood at the NE edge of a promontory (dims. c. 250m E-W; c. 250m N-S) which juts E into Lough Key. Rectangular structure (ext. dims. 14.1m N-S; 6.7m E-W) defined by drystone walls (T 0.7-0.9m; max. H 1m). It is divided into a N compartment (int. dims. 5.4m E-W; 3.15m N-S) and a S compartment (int. dims. 9.3m N-S; 5.95m E-W) with a small corral (int. dims. 3.2m E-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by drystone walls attached to the exterior of the E wall. The foundations of a drystone wall (L 9m) extend S from the SE angle of the corral.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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