Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pitfield
Carrowkeel (Castlereagh By., Castleplunket ED, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (Castlereagh By., Castleplunket ED
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76914, -8.33113
- SMR number
- RO027-069----
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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
On a shelf of high ground with higher ground to the S. Pits are visible on aerial photograph (OS 4/2035) in an area of c. 15 ha. Only about 15 pits (dims c. 10-15m x 5-6m; D c. 0.5-1m) are now visible in the an area of c. 7 acres (c. 3 ha) in lines running E-W and placed c. 30m apart.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.