Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Dovecote
Cregga, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cregga
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81969, -8.13133
- SMR number
- RO023-201----
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 E-facing slope of Cregga Hill and c. 20m SSE of Cregga House (RO023-200002-). This is a rectangular two-storey structure (ext. dims 3.6m NE-SW; 3.6m NW-SE; int. dims 2.2m x 2.2m) which has a barrel-vault roof, two windows, and a doorway (Wth 0.62, H 1.64m) in the NW wall. The first floor is inaccessible but has a window in the NW wall and alcoves for roosts. There are gables on the NE and SW walls. (Kennedy 2000)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Kennedy, M. 2000 The highs and lows of the Cregga Hills. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 8, 80-2.
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 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.