Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Kilmore (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (castlereagh By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound
- Coordinates
- 53.77465, -8.61061
- SMR number
- RO026-002----
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
Marked on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 20m), and situated on a NW-SE ridge. It was known locally as the Sheeaun, and described as a green mound (OS Name Books). It is not visible in an area of quarries. Rath (RO026-001----) is c. 90m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.