Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Henge
Knockadoobrusna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockadoobrusna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95094, -8.29550
- SMR number
- RO006-118007-
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 a shelf of the SE-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 63m N-S; 60m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8-11.3m; int. H1.3-1.55m; ext. H 0.7-1.8m) S-W and a scarp down to the interior (H 0.55-1.35m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 6-6.5m) at SE, and the site is now on a golf-course. It is visible as a complete enclosure on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AHN 8; AJO 20; AVI 29,30) with a second entrance at N. A henge (RO006-118001-) is c. 300m to the W, and barrows (RO006-118005-; RO006-118006-; RO006-118008-) are within 120-190m to the NNW, N and E. (Stout 1991, 283 east; Condit 1993,15)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Stout, G. 1991 The embanked enclosures of the Boyne region. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 91C, 245-84.
Condit, T. 1993 Ritual enclosures near Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Archaeology Ireland 7 (1), 14-16.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.