Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Rathbarna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbarna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75621, -8.42171
- SMR number
- RO027-012003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In the N interior of ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-). Grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 9-10m; H 0.6m at S to 1.2m generally), which had standing stone (RO027-012004-) on its summit (Knox 1911, 219, Fig. 4), but this is no longer visible.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Knox, H.T. 1911 The Croghans and Some Connacht Raths and Cashels. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 93-116, 205-40, 301-42.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.