Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ardmacroan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardmacroan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89301, -8.03764
- SMR number
- RO011-137----
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 as a rectangular feature on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a low NW-SE drumlin. Rectangular overgrown area (dims 24m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an E-W road bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) at S and scarps (H 0.2-1m) on the other sides, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.3m) at E, and a berm (Wth 2m) at N. Rath (RO011-136----) is c. 110m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.