Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Kilcolagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheeaun
- Coordinates
- 53.90483, -8.22927
- SMR number
- RO010-072----
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 only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a small, steep-sided knoll. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 9.3m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8m at W to 5.6m at E; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6-1m generally to 1.7m at N) WSW-N-ESE, the perimeter being quarried away elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Kilcolagh church (RO010-073001-) is c. 80m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.