Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Corracreigh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corracreigh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80403, -8.19960
- SMR number
- RO022-075001-
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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 N-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 89m E-W; 66m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; H 0.2-0.3m) which is reduced to a low scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) at N and S. A rectangular enclosure (RO022-075002-) (dims 26m E-W; 17m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m) at W and scarps elsewhere is attached to the inside of the perimeter at N, and a rectangular enclosure (RO022-075003-) with some bushes (dims 25m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by the base of a wall (Wth 1.5m) at W and scarps at N and S is attached to the inside of the perimeter at E. There is no identifiable entrance.
The oval enclosure is within a circular outer enclosure (diam. 177m E-W; 162m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; H 0.2-0.3m) N-W-SW, with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of top 7m; ext. D 0.1m) at S, and incorporated into a field bank SW-W but reduced to a slight scarp elsewhere. There are no identifiable entrances. Field system (RO022-074----) is c. 180m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.