Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Inishatirra Island, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishatirra Island
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96249, -8.13645
- SMR number
- RO007-084002-
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 NE-facing slope of Inishatirra Island (diam. c. 340-390m) in Lough Eidin. Oval grass-covered area (dims 80m NNE-SSW; 53m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1.2m) W-N-SE and a field bank SE-S. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of base 3-3.6m; ext. D 0.3-0.6m) at W and E-SE, while a house-site (RO007-084004-) (dims 7m E-W; 5m N-S) is visible as a platform (H 0.1-0.3m) inside the perimeter at SE. Moated site (RO007-084001-) is attached at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.