Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Round tower
Kilbarry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbarry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77714, -7.89817
- SMR number
- RO024-016006-
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
The round tower, which was c. 4.5m W of Tempall Mór (RO024-016001-), collapsed c. 1770 and its stump (diam. c. 2.75-3.35m) was removed c. 1830 when some of its stones were incorporated into the graveyard wall while the conical capstone (diam. 0.46m; H 0.45m) with a mortice on top is just N of Teach Geal. (Barrow 1979, 179, 180)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Lennox Barrow, G. 1979 The round towers of Ireland: a study and gazetteer. Dublin. The Academy Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.