Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberrory
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80307, -8.30495
- SMR number
- RO022-057007-
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 the Rathcroghan plateau, c. 60m NW of Rathcroghan mound (RO022-057010-) and c. 40m SE of standing stone (RO022-05706-). Low grass-covered mound (diam. 8m; H 0.3-0.4m) ), to which Herity (1983, 130; Toberrory 12) applies the name 'Milleen Meva'. (Waddell 1987-8, 35, No. 51)
This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 294.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Waddell, J. 1987-8 Excavations at Daithi's Mound, Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. Journal of Irish Archaeology 4, 23-36.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.