Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Grallagh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grallagh (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81824, -8.30151
- SMR number
- RO022-056007-
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
On a slight N-S ridge on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Circular flat-topped grass-covered mound (diam. of top 13.7m E-W; 13.5m N-S; H 0.4-1m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7.8m; Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.1m) NW-NE and SE-SW (Wth of top 10m; Wth of base 2.8m; D 0.4m). The fosse is reduced to a berm (Wth 4-4.7m) defined by the natural slope NE-SE and SW-NW. There is no visible outer bank (ext. dims 31m N-S; 26m E-W). Ring-barrow (RO022-056006-) is c. 30m to the N. (Knox 1914, 41; Herity 1983, 131; 1984, 129, Grallagh 2; Waddell 1983, 37, No. 33)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.
Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.
Herity, M. 1984 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 2. Prehistoric monuments. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 114, 125-35.
Waddell, J. 1988 Rathcroghan in Connacht. Emania 5, 5-18.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.