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Enclosure

Cloongownagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Cloongownagh, 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
Cloongownagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.94889, -8.14349
SMR number
RO011-160002-

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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

On a slight S-facing slope. Excavation (99E0193) in 1999-2000 (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 64) of an extensive area (dims 120m NW-SE; c. 55m NE-SW) included the S part of rath (RO011-160001). A rectangular enclosure or annexe (dims 25m NW-SE; 16m plus NE-W) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1.2m; D c. 0.55m) with traces of an internal bank was attached to the SE. It post-dates the silting of the rath fosse and produced a C14 date in the late 12th or 13th century, although the sample may have been contaminated. No structures were associated with the annexe.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Lennon, A.M. and Henry, M. 2001 Archaeological report on the excavation at Cloongownagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon. Mary Henry Archaeological Services. Unpublished report, National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin. Licence no. 99E0193.

Henry, M. 2000c Cloongownagh enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 268, No. 765. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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