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Monumental structure

Garrow, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Monumental structure, Garrow, 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
Garrow
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cliffords Monument
Latest-edition OS map
Cliffords Monument
Coordinates
53.99647, -8.31164
SMR number
RO006-002001-

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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)
  • 1811 · 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

Erected by Lord Lorton in the late 18th century at the supposed spot where Sir Conyers Clifford was slain during the battle of the Curlews (RO006-002002-) in 1599. On the steep S-facing slope of the Curlew Mountains. Described as a limestone octogon it was reduced in height to c. 1m by the 1830s accroding to J. O'Donovan (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 105-6). It is now an overgrown cairn (diam. of base c. 3.5m; diam. of top 1.5m; H 0.9m). The monument is erroneously described as one to a Capt. Alexander Weir, killed in a skirmish with Sarsfield's troops in 1690 (D'alton 1845, 83-4). A sculpture representing a Gaelic Chief has been erected by the NRA to commemorate the Battle of 1599 in a carpark in Doon townland at IG (181114, 307160) or ITM (581069, 807171).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1931 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Roscommon collected during the progress of the
Ordnance Survey in 1837. Bray.

Nearby in the register

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

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