Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Carrickmore, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickmore
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96475, -8.28041
- SMR number
- RO006-079----
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 summit of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered domed area (diam. 22m; H 0.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 3-3.5m; D 0.2-0.4m) from the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.4-0.5m) that survives SSE-NE (max. ext. diam. c. 36m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.