Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Commeen (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commeen (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84015, -8.14761
- SMR number
- RO017-161----
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
Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S), and situated on the W-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO017-160----) is immediately to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.