Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Cartroncaran, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartroncaran
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound
- Coordinates
- 53.87053, -8.24152
- SMR number
- RO016-054----
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 highest point of a broad plateau. Circular flat-topped and grass-covered but poached earthen mound (diam. of base 15m N-S; 15.5m E-W; dims of top 4.8m N-S; 3.9m E-W; H 2m at W to 3.1m at S) with a trigonometric station on top. The large enclosure (RO016-053001-) is c. 50m to the N, and rath (RO016-055----) is c. 50m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.