Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Rosmeen, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosmeen
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72245, -8.41560
- SMR number
- RO027-048021-
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
Within the rectangular ward of Ballintober Castle (RO027-048002-). Resistivity, gradiometry and ground penetrating radar surveys (08R262) conducted inside and outside the castle by Target Archaeological Geophysics on behalf of the Balintober Community Group and funded by the Heritage Council during 2008 and 2009 produced exciting results, which are largely at a depth of 0.6-1.6m. The resistivity and gradiometry surveys (Nicholls 2008) produced evidence of numerous pits, and of two possible structures inside the perimeter at N defined by foundation trenches. The hut-site (RO027-048020-) is circular, while the rectangular structure just to the E (dims c. 5m N-S; c. 5m E-W) may be an annexe or a separate building. These features are not confirmed by GPR (Nicholls 2009).
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload: 30th August, 2010.
References
Nicholls, J. 2008 Geophysical survey report: Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon. Unpublished report, Licence No: 08R0262. Target Archaeological Geophysics
Nicholls, J. 2009 Geophysical survey report: ground penetrating radar survey, Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon. Unpublished report, Licence No. 08R0262 Target Archaeological Geophysics.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.