Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Clogher Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogher Beg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83442, -8.28663
- SMR number
- RO016-170----
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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
First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. Situated in improved pasture towards the top of a N-facing slope. This is a circular, grass-covered mound (diam. 25m N-S; 23m E-W; H 0.7m). It has no defining feature such as a fosse or outer bank.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2016
References
Davis, S. 2015 N5 Strokestown - Ballaghderreen preferred route corridor: Lidar assessment. unpublished report for Roscommon County Council: UCD School of Archaeology
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.