Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Woodbrook, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodbrook
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95241, -8.15640
- SMR number
- RO007-107----
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
Located in improved pasture toward the NE end of the crest of a NE-SW ridge. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a circular area (diam. 34m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) defined by a scarp that is best preserved (at NE: Wth 2m; H 0.4m) SW-N-NE but declines to a slighter scarp (at SE: Wth 1m; H 0.1m) NE-SW. There is an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 1.8m; ext. D 0.15m) and external bank (at NE: Wth of base 4.6m; Wth of top 2m; ext. H 0.15m) W-NE, but the fosse is also traceable NE-SE. There is no visible entrance. The monument is overlain by a NE-SW field bank and hedge towards the edge at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 May, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.