Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Knocknashee, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknashee
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97293, -8.29864
- SMR number
- RO006-068008-
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 the N side of the Boyle River within the town (RO006-068----). A N-S wall (Wth 0.7m; L 12.6m plus) was discovered 0.4m below ground level by Carey (2004a) and Timoney (2004) and it is preserved beneath modern houses.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Carey, A. 2004 Knocknashee, Boyle: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 452, No. 1588. Dublin. Wordwell.
Timoney, M.A. 2004 Knocknashee, Boyle: urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 452, No. 1589. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Gatehouseunder 1 mi
- Kiln - potteryunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.