Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Kiltybranks, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltybranks
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87320, -8.60464
- SMR number
- RO014-023003-
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
At the centre of rath (RO014-023001-), immediately E of the the entrance to souterrain (RO014-023002-) which is partly filled with stones from the cairn. This is a grass-covered circular cairn (diam. 12m E-W; 10.75m N-S; max. H 1.3m) with a trig. station on its summit.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.