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Pitfield

Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pitfield, Toberrory, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Toberrory
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.81090, -8.29690
SMR number
RO022-056047-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a slight N-S rise on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. An area of c. 3 ha between Courtmoyle (RO022-056028-) and Carran fort (RO022-056023-) had N-S pits (dims c. 10m x. c. 2m; D c. 0.5m) placed c. 10 apart and in two lines placed c. 20m apart. There were furter lines of pits in the wider area within field system (RO022-056032), and are visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVI 19) from the 1970s but few of them survive. A small area of c. 0.5 ha (c. 1.5 acres) N of the road and c. 100m E of Carran Fort (RO022-056023-) has some surviving pits. Archaeological testing (06E0622) within the area of the pitfield produced no related material (Timoney 2009).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 13 July 2015

References

Timoney, M.A. 2009 Toberrory: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 465, No. 1757. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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