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Barrow - bowl-barrow

Caran (Ballymoe By., Carrowduff ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - bowl-barrow, Caran, 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
Caran (Ballymoe By., Carrowduff ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.73027, -8.31537
SMR number
RO027-047001-

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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

On the crest of a NW-SE ridge, towards its NW end. Subcircular flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of base 19.7m ENE-WSW; 18.4m NNW-SSE; dims of top 14m ENE-WSW; 14.7m NNW-SSE; H 0.6m at E to 1.2m at W) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of base 2-2.5m) or berm (Wth 3m) from an outer overgrown bank (Wth 5-8m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m). This is surrounded by a field bank and hedge (max. ext. dims 38.8m NNW-SSE; 38m ENE-WSW). It is within ceremonial enclosure (RO027-047002-). (Herity 1984, 138)

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Herity, M. 1984 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 2. Prehistoric monuments. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 114, 125-35.

Nearby in the register

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

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