Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ardeash, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardeash
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94566, -8.22038
- SMR number
- RO010-014----
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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 summit of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 13.5 N-S; diam. of top 4.75m N-S; H 0.8m at W to 1.6m at S) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7.25-8.5m; Wth of base 2.9 at W to 4.3m at S; D 0.65m) and an outer bank (Wth 2m at W to 4m at N; ext. H 0.25-0.6m) with intermittent traces of inner facing stones (ext. diam. c. 26m). There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.