Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ceremonial enclosure
Carns,carrowgarve (roscommon By.),lismurtagh (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carns,carrowgarve (roscommon By.),lismurtagh (castlereagh By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75572, -8.26687
- SMR number
- RO028-069002-
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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
On a rock-outcrop rise at the E end and the highest point of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area with rock outcrop (dims. 85m E-W; 75.5m N-S) defined by low scarps (H 0.3m), with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 4m; D 0.2m) at N. Cairn (RO028-069001-) is at the centre. The road (RO028-062----) veers to the E to avoid the enclosure, which is partly quarried, especiall at E and ovrlain by N-S and E-W field walls. Limited geophysical survey failed to cofirm its existence (Waddell et al. 2009, 119). Mound (RO028-251----) is just outside it at SE. (Herity 1983,126-7)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.
Waddell, J., Fenwick, J. and Barton, K. 2009 Rathcroghan: archaeological and geophysical survey in a ritual landscape. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Inauguration siteunder 1 mi
- Inauguration stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.