Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - tree-ring
Rathmoyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmoyle
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78363, -8.37262
- SMR number
- RO021-066----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a polygonal wooded enclosure (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 40m N-S), and situated on a level landscape in full view of Rathmoyle House c. 1km to the NNE. Subrectangular grass-covered area (dims c. 35m N-S; c. 40m E-W) with old tree stumps defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) with some scrub and an outer drain (Wth 1.2m; D 0.4m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.