Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Killaster, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaster
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81809, -8.38869
- SMR number
- RO021-023003-
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
Archaeological monitoring of the widening of a NE-SW drain 5m to the NW of enclosure (RO021-023001-) revealed a stone lintel bridge (Wth 2.5m; H 1; L 1m) which is post-medieval leading into the enclosure (Lavelle 1993).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Lavelle, D. 1993 Report on the archaeological monitoring of a drain adjacent to a circular enclosure, Killaster townland, Co. Roscommon. Unpublished report: Archaeological Services Unit, Galway
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.