Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toobrackan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toobrackan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91303, -8.55333
- SMR number
- RO008-023002-
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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 on a gentle S-facing slope c. 50m NE of rath (RO008-023----). Archaeolgical excavation (10E0301) as part of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass uncovered part of an enclosure in an L-shaped ditch (Wth 2.2m; D 0.75m) running S (L 15m plus) and turning E (L 15m) through a rounded corner to a terminus. Ash from the ditch produced a calibrated C14 date of AD 1023-1155. An element of the field system (RO008-023001-) connects the enclosure to the rath. (Kyle and Delaney 2011a; Delany et al. 2016, 86)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 February, 2012
References
Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011a N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Toobraockan 1, miscellaneous; Toobrackan 2, fulacht fia. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Licence no. 10E0301.
Delaney, S., J. Kyle and D. Bayley 2016 Working the margin. The archaeology of the N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass road project. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. 13, 81-7.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.