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Corry (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Corry (roscommon By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
The Doon
Coordinates
53.91782, -8.07267
SMR number
RO011-080----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 the S bank of the River Shannon at a point where there may have been a ford. A grass and scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 16-19m; H 1m at S to 4-6m on the N (river) side) running ESE-WNW (L c. 250m), parallel with and hindering access to the bank of the river. It may be part of the Doon of Drumsna (RO011-058----), the W end of which is c. 2.8 km to the ENE with an intervening section of double banks (RO011-188----) on the SE bank of the river c. 1.7km to the ESE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 30 April, 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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