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Ring-ditch

Killeen East, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Killeen East, 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
Killeen East
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.82444, -8.19028
SMR number
RO022-170001-

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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

Located c. 20m to the W of an enclosure (RO022-170----) and discovered through archaeological excavation in conjunction with the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project’. A circular ring-ditch (external diams. 5.32m N-S; 5.22m E-W; int. diams. 3.2m N-S; 3.25m E-W) was defined by a shallow ditch (D 0.25-0.27m; Wth 0.94-1.25m) with no evidence of an entrance. The ditch fills contained a substantial amount of burnt bone, glass beads, flint flakes and a fragment of a stone bracelet. The monument was fully excavated and recorded.
Closely associated and also excavated were a series of pits (RO022-170002- and RO022-170003-) and linear features (RO022-170004-).

See attached images:

• RO022-170001-_01 Snip from Google Earth imagery (11-5-2020) showing location of ring-ditch after
excavation.
• RO022-170001-_02 Snips of Plates 7 and 8 from ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Stage
(iii) Post-Excavation Assessment Report: Killeen East 1 (March 2022. Unpublished)’ showing photos of
the excavated ring-ditch.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 4 August 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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