Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Elphin
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85180, -8.20548
- SMR number
- RO016-102001-
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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
Depicted as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a platform (diam. c. 32m) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972). The mound has been levelled in the restoration of the windmill (RO016-102002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.