Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Carnakit, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnakit
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78779, -8.33065
- SMR number
- RO021-042022-
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
Just S of the crest of a WNW-ESE ridge. Kidney-shaped stony mound with a grass-covered clay mantle (dims 15m NE-SW; c. 8m NW-SE; H 0.5-0.8m) which is open to the SE (dims 5.4m NE-SW; 1m NW-SE). Barrow (RO021-042021-) is c. 100m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.