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Moated site

Lecarrow (Frenchpark By., Aughrim West ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Lecarrow, 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
Lecarrow (Frenchpark By., Aughrim West ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.89323, -8.18382
SMR number
RO010-093----

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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

At the crest of the W end of an E-W ridge. Rectangular grass-covered platform (dims 37.3m ENE-WSW; 25.7m NNW-SSE) defined by earthen banks (at NNW: Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) at WSW, SSE and ENE, and a complete flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 4.7-6.7m; Wth of base 2.6-5m; D 0.8-1m), with outer banks (Wth 4-4.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m) on all sides except the WSW. A field bank runs through the base of the moats at SSE and WSW, and a pond has widened the fosse at ENE (Wth 9m). There is no visible entrance.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29th September, 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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