Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Drumcleavry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcleavry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92403, -8.02037
- SMR number
- RO011-057001-
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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 low-lying, level landscape. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.5-1.8m; D 0.45m), which was partly revealed in excavation (05E0394) by C. Read (2008f) in 2005. Charcoal and fragments of cremated bone were recovered, and the monument remains preserved. It is likely to be the same feature as the enclosure (RO011-057----).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2008f Drumcleavry. Possible prehistoric ditched enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 325, No. 1332. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.