Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Calveagh Lower, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Calveagh Lower
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96026, -8.68551
- SMR number
- RO008B002----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on the 1838 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (MA 63), and situated on a low E-W ridge. The location is now occupied by a farmhouse and farm buildings. Rath (RO008B001001-) is c. 70m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.