Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberrory
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81062, -8.29072
- SMR number
- RO022-056026-
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 as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shelf of the NE-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Described (Knox 1914a, 22-3) as a rectangular area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by earthen banks (Wth 1-2m; H 0.5-0.9m) at N and E, and scarps (H 0.6m) at S and W. A rectangular enclosure (dims c. 7m x 7m), undoubtedly a house site (RO022-056056-), was inside the perimeter at SE. It is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Holy well (RO022-056027-) and rath (RO022-056029-) are c. 80m and c. 100m to the S and rath (RO022-056030-) is c. 170m to the SE.
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.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.