Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ardmore (boyle By., Croghan Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardmore (boyle By., Croghan Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92322, -8.23465
- SMR number
- RO010-039001-
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
On a slight rise in a wet low-lying landscape. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 23.4m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) and flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 8.2m; Wth of base 6.7m; D 1.2m) at NW, a bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m) and flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 5m; D 0.55m) at SE, and scarp at NE (H 1.6m) and SW (H 1.2m). In the centre is a house-site (RO010-039002--) (int. dims. 7.5m NE-SW; 5.5m NW-SE) defined by the base of walls (Wth 0.5m) at NW and NE. Moated site (RO010-038001-) is c. 100m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29th September, 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.