Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Smutternagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Smutternagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00723, -8.24574
- SMR number
- RO003-039002-
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
Marked only on the 1914 ed. Of the OS 6-inch map as a oval feature (ext. dims. c. 100m E-W; c. 80m N-S). Situated on an oval promontory (dims. c. 200m E-W; c. 160m N-S) containing the mixed woodland of Cush Wood jutting S from the NE shore of Lough Key and connected to the mainland now by an isthmus (Wth c. 100m). Subcircular area (dims 70m E-W; 61m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3.2-5m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 0.6-1m) SE-W-NE with intermittently visible facing stones (original Wth 1.5m). There is an outer enclosure (dims c. 160m E-W; c. 140m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.4-3.8m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) which is flush with the interior and scarped into the base of the slope just above the shore. A middle wall is visible as a stone spread (Wth 3m; H 0.4m) at W, partially overlying the outer perimeter. There are no identifiable original entrances.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.