Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Knockavroe, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavroe
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96028, -8.34120
- SMR number
- RO005-039----
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
Towards the top of the E-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 18m E-W; 17m N-S; H 0.1-0.4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3.8m; D 0.1-0.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.1-2.8m; H 0.3-0.5m) which is removed NNW-NE max. ext. diam 28.4m E-W). There is an entrance (Wth 5.5m) through the bank at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.