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Barrow - ring-barrow

Carrowkeel (Frenchpark By., Breedoge ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Carrowkeel, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrowkeel (Frenchpark By., Breedoge ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Multivallate enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.92287, -8.39813
SMR number
RO009-015----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a low rise. Subcircular grass-covered platform (diam. 26.5m N-S; 24.5m E-W; H 0.45-0.7m) defined by three rush-covered fosses and three grass-covered outer banks, of which only the outermost has bushes. The inner fosse (Wth of base 3.5-3.9m; ext. D 0.6-1m) is separated by a bank (Wth 3.5-4.8m; H 0.8-1.4m) from the middle fosse (Wth of base 3.9-4.7m). This fosse is separated by the middle bank (Wth 3.5-5m; H 0.8-1.2m) from the outer fosse (Wth of base 4-4.6m; ext. D 0.5-1.25m). The outer bank (at W: Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.8m; at E: Wth 5.5m; ext. H 1.2m) which survives SW-NW and ENE-E. The outer bank is incorporated into a field bank SE-SW, and this field bank is also built in the outer fosse SW-NW. There are gaps (Wth 3.5-4m) in the banks at E (max. ext. diam. 78m E-W).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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