Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Roosky (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roosky (frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87519, -8.60054
- SMR number
- RO014-083----
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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
In April 1988 four skulls and other human bones were recovered in dredging operations conducted by the OPW Drainage Division on the SE-NW Roosky River c. 400m from its confluence with the W-E Lung River. The discovery was investigated by Nessa O'Connor of NMI, but the original disposition of the remains could not be discovered. They were acquired by NMI (1988: 227). (Sikora and Cahill 2011, vol. 2, P 511, 7.184)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of Upload: 20 March, 2012.
References
Sikora, M. and Cahill, M. 2011 Inventory of uninvestigated reports of human remains. In M. Cahill and M. Sikora (eds.), Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, vol. 2, 447-526.
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- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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